Skip to main content

The Descent of the Holy Ghost: 22.I.7-257

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

The Descent of the Holy Ghost
Illustrations to the New Testament, 50 blocks

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Beham, Hans Sebald (Formerly attributed)

Entities

Categories

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1816) by Fitzwilliam, Richard, 7th Viscount

Dating

Production date: AD 1539

School or Style

German

Techniques used in production

Woodcut

Identification numbers

Accession number: 22.I.7-257
Primary reference Number: 129554
Pauli: 730 copy
Hollstein (German): see p.177
Rosenberg: 140 copy
Old location number: 37.5.19b
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 12 October 2021 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

Citation for print

This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "The Descent of the Holy Ghost" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/129554 Accessed: 2024-12-18 17:51:52

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:

{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/129554 |title=The Descent of the Holy Ghost |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-12-18 17:51:52|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/api/v1/objects/object-129554

Sign up for updates

Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...