La Pentecôte, l’Eglise romaine, l’Eglise d’orient 1935

"La Pentecôte, l’Eglise romaine, l’Eglise d’orient" is a 1935 painting by French artist Maurice Denis (1870-1943), which depicts a scene of Pentecost with the Holy Spirit descending upon the apostles. The artwork features a crowded composition showing the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church. It was painted with a soft, hazy palette, highlighting the light of the Holy Spirit. This piece is considered to be within the Symbolist movement, which aimed to express spiritual truths through symbolic imagery, with the event of Pentecost being represented as a harmonious union of two branches of Christianity.