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The Holy Spirit as a bird descending with spread wings at top center; the twelve Apostles standing below gesturing to it in front of an archway by Domenico Campagnola

The Holy Spirit as a bird descending with spread wings at top center; the twelve Apostles standing below gesturing to it in front of an archway

Domenico Campagnola · 1518

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Artist
Domenico Campagnola
Date
1518
Medium
Engraving
Location
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Dimensions
Plate: 7 3/8 x 6 7/8 in. (18.7 x 17.5 cm)
Collection
Drawings and Prints
Credit line
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1960
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