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A Deacon Led to Martyrdom

1575–1640
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Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: A Deacon Led to Martyrdom
  • Artist: Giovanni Mauro della Rovere (Italian, Milan ca. 1575–ca. 1640 Milan (?))
  • Date: 1575–1640
  • Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and blue wash, highlighted with chinese white, on blue paper
  • Dimensions: 8 7/8 x 5 9/16in. (22.6 x 14.1cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Gift of Cornelius Vanderbilt, 1880
  • Object Number: 80.3.470
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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