070501_Jean_Fouquet_1452.txt

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Jean Fouquet ca. 1420 – 1477/81

The Apostles Receive their Mission
illuminated manuscript — 1452-60
Musée Condé, Chantilly

This work is linked to Acts 2:17


The scene illustrates the moment the apostles receive their mission. The fireball is the Holy Spirit, whose rays touch the apostles and the water of the fountain. The apostles immediately start baptising their students.