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A Saint Holding a Book
Gioacchino Asseretoc. 1640
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
Washington, DC, United States
Details
- Title: A Saint Holding a Book
- Creator: Attributed to Gioacchino Assereto
- Date Created: c. 1640
- Physical Dimensions: overall: 28.8 x 19.5 cm (11 5/16 x 7 11/16 in.)
- Provenance: Santo Varni, 1887 (Lugt undescribed); János Scholz, New York (Lugt undescribed); Helene C. Seiferheld, New York, 1962; William B. O'Neal [1907-1994], Charlottesville, VA, March 1962; gift to NGA, 1991.
- Rights: CC0
- Medium: red chalk and brown wash, heightened with white and incised for transfer on wove paper; verso rubbed with red chalk covering a red chalk study of a reclining man seen from behind
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