Tongues of fire descend on the apostles (Pentecost). Engraving by Jan Wierix, 1581, after P. van der Borcht.

  • Borcht, Petrus van der, 1545-1608.
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Tongues of fire descend on the apostles (Pentecost). Engraving by Jan Wierix, 1581, after P. van der Borcht. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Bible. N.T. Acts 2.1-16. The Virgin Mary sits in the centre, a common trope in iconographic tradition but without biblical foundation. A dove hovers above. Tongues of fire rain down; two of the apostles hold books. The Bible tells how the men appeared drunk to onlookers

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[Antwerp] : [Cristophorus Plantin], ,[1581]

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1 print : line engraving

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P.B. ; I.H.W.

References note

L. Réau, Iconographie de l'art chrétien (Paris : 1957), vol. II/II, p. 594 (on the role of the Virgin in the Pentecost)

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Wellcome Collection 24741i

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