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The Last Communion of Saint Jerome, the saint kneeling at left, a priest handing him bread at center and a man at right holding a glass of wine, a lion at left and angels overhead at right

Benoit Farjat French
After Domenichino (Domenico Zampieri) Italian
Publisher Filippo Lorenzo de' Rossi Italian

1702

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After a painting of the same subject by Domenichino (1614), now in the Pinacoteca, Musei Vaticani, Rome.

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Title: The Last Communion of Saint Jerome, the saint kneeling at left, a priest handing him bread at center and a man at right holding a glass of wine, a lion at left and angels overhead at right

Artist: Benoit Farjat (French, 1626–1724)

Artist: After Domenichino (Domenico Zampieri) (Italian, Bologna 1581–1641 Naples)

Publisher: Filippo Lorenzo de' Rossi (Italian, born 1682)

Date: 1702

Medium: Etching and engraving

Dimensions: Sheet (Trimmed): 24 7/16 × 14 3/16 in. (62 × 36 cm)

Classification: Prints

Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951

Object Number: 51.501.2394

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