The Pentecost (The Descent of the Holy Spirit)

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Artist: Cesare Nebbia (Italian, Orvieto ca. 1536–1614 Orvieto)
Date: ca. 1576
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, highlighted with white gouache, over black chalk
Dimensions: Sheet: 10 7/16 in. × 7 in. (26.5 × 17.8 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Anonymous Gift, 2015
Accession no.: 2015.562.2

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Standing Figure of a Warrior King
Cesare Nebbia
1536–1614 · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00020690
Banquet Scene: A Seated Warrior Attended by a Number of Servants (recto); Back View of a Standing Man in a Long Cloak (verso)
Cesare Nebbia
1536–1614 · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00020691
The Assumption of the Virgin
Cesare Nebbia
1536–1614 · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00020702
Saint Mathew and the Angel
Cesare Nebbia
1556–1614 · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00020703

Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.