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The Pentecost, after Giorgio Vasari
This image is for study only, and may not accurately represent the object’s true color or scale…
This image is for study only, and may not accurately represent the object’s true color or scale. It should not be shared or reproduced without permission by the copyright holder.

The Pentecost, after Giorgio Vasari

Primary (Hoorn, The Netherlands, 1533–Rome, Italy, 1578)
NationalityDutch, Europe
Date1574
MediumEngraving
DimensionsSheet: 17 3/8 × 11 1/2 in. (44.2 × 29.2 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, The Leo Steinberg Collection, gift of Leo Steinberg, 1997.403
Collection AreaPrints and Drawings
Object number1997.403
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Label Text
Cosimo de’ Medici ordered the extensive renovation of the two principal monastic churches in Florence: Santa Maria Novella and Santa Croce. Vasari’s Pentecost (1568) was the first altarpiece in the latter project. Cort, himself briefly active at Cosimo’s court in 1569-70, later engraved the composition in Rome.
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