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Artists: Rovere, Giovanni Mauro della (Fiammenghino) (2)

Period: 16th century (4567)

Type: graphite (1872) | ink (2963) | watercolour (2151)

Style: Italian (1743)

Subjects: Francis, of Assisi, Saint, 1182-1226 (230)

Keywords
devil (30) | religious art (2606) | rocks and minerals (3683) | saints (2404)

Temptation of Saint Francis

1591

Artists
Rovere, Giovanni Mauro della (Fiammenghino)    more

Formerly attributed to Ricci, Giovanni Battista    more

Pen and ink (dark brown), watercolour (grey-brown), graphite on paper

height: 27.1 cm; width: 20.2 cm

Notes
attribution to Rovere made by Popham

Inscription
Signed, dated, pen and ink, verso, 1591 .J . B . R . 21 giugno

Acquisition
Witt, Robert Clermont (Sir); bequest; 1952
D.1952.RW.2558

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