This 18th century Baroque rendition of Pentecost is by Jean Restout II. It is oil on canvas and roughly 15 feet high by 25 feet wide. It is housed at the Louvre Museum in Paris, France.
Once again Our Lady is depicted as central and very serene. The 12 apostles are of course there. One can identify St. Peter (older, bearded and toward the front) as well as St. John the Evangelist (young and clean shaven).
Some scholars believe that the two men who appear to show the most shock are Bartholomew and Thomas.
Aside from Our Lady, the women are believed by scholars to be Mary Magdalene, Martha, Mary Clopas and "Mary of Bethany" (whom some believe to be a different woman than Mary Magdalene),
Interestingly, the painting was originally in the refectory (dining hall) of the Abbey of Saint-Denis near Paris.
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