Italian Baroque Holy Spirit Altarpiece Frieze c.1650An incredible Italian Baroque period altarpiece frieze depicting a brilliant descending dove within a golden areole of swirling clouds and winds in deeply carved relief. c. 1650 The bird represents Spiritus Sancti, the symbol of the Holy Spirit, the Holy Ghost in the Christian Church. Created from sectional wooden panels, built up to enable deeply carved relief. The work is then gessoed and gilded in red bole and gold, the feathers are picked out in