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Saints

    AFTER BATTISTA FRANCO (C. 1510-1561)

    St Jerome in Penitence

    c.1853-76

    Albumen print | 25.0 x 19.0 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851615

    A photograph of a drawing by Battista Franco now in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (inv. no.WA1846.30). The drawing has been formerly attributed to Raphael.

    • Creator(s)

      After Battista Franco (c. 1510-1561) (artist)

      After a work previously attributed to Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)

    • 25.0 x 19.0 cm (sheet of paper)

    • Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)

    • Subject(s)
      • Religion & Theology
        • Religions and faiths
          • Christianity
            • Angels, demons, devils, saints
              • Saints (Christianity)
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