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Two faces expressing veneration and rapture. Etching, c. 1760, after C. Le Brun.

Four faces expressing (clockwise from top left): admiration mixed with astonishment, admiration, veneration, and ecstasy. Etching by A.-J. Defehrt after C. Le Brun.

De l'angoisse à l'extase : études sur les croyances et les sentiments / par le dr. Pierre Janet.

The face of a woman in ecstasy (left); a female face expressing simple love (right). Etching by B. Picart, 1713, after C. Le Brun.

The ecstasy of Andrea Corsini. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after G. Reni, c. 1635-40.

A male figure expressing ecstasy. Crayon Manner Print by W. Hebert, c. 1770, after C. Le Brun.

The Holy Spirit initiates the Pentecost. Engraving by A. Mochetti after N. Poussin (?).

Tongues of fire descend on the apostles at Pentecost. Lithograph.

An ecstatic eye. Drawing, c. 1794.

A face expressing rapture. Engraving by M. Engelbrecht (?), 1732, after C. Le Brun.

Tongues of fire descend on the apostles (Pentecost). Engraving by Jan Wierix, 1581, after P. van der Borcht.

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The ecstasy of Andrea Corsini. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after G. Reni, c. 1635-40.

Two faces expressing veneration and rapture. Etching, c. 1760, after C. Le Brun.

An ecstatic eye. Drawing, c. 1794.

Tongues of fire descend on the apostles (Pentecost). Engraving by Jan Wierix, 1581, after P. van der Borcht.

De l'angoisse à l'extase : études sur les croyances et les sentiments / par le dr. Pierre Janet.