The Pentecost

ArtistWorkshop of Ambrosius Benson Italian and South Netherlandish, b. circa 1495, Lombardy, possibly Milan; d. 1550, Bruges

Dateafter 1552

MediumOil on panel

Dimensions36 1/8 x 31 5/16 in. (91.8 x 79.5 cm)
Frame: 39 3/4 x 35 x 2 in. (101 x 88.9 x 5.1 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Linsky

Object numberG.52.11.1

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ProvenanceProbably created Bruges, present-day Belgium, after 1552. Oscar Bondy (1870–1944), Vienna and New York; to his wife Mrs. Elizabeth A. Bondy, New York [1], 1944–1949; [estate sale, Kende Galleries, New York, March 3, 1949, no. 71, as Ambrosius Benson, Pentecost: The Madonna and the Twelve Apostles (Whitsuntide)]; Jack (1897–1980) and Belle (1904–1987) Linsky, New York, 1949–1952; given to NCMA, 1952.

[1] The 1949 Kende Galleries catalogue states on the title page that the sale of works from Oscar Bondy's estate was done by the order of Elizabeth A. Bondy.

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