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The Death of St Clare with Pope Innocent IV Blessing Salimbeni (© Fitzwilliam Museum)
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© Fitzwilliam Museum

The Death of St Clare with Pope Innocent IV Blessing Salimbeni

Artist: Ventura Salimbeni (1568 - 1613)

Location: Fitzwilliam Museum

Date: 1599

Materials: black chalk, pen & brown ink, brown wash heightened with white

Dimensions: 25.8 x 24.8cm

Grant:

Amount Paid: £4,292 (Total: £42,912)

Vendor: Christie's

Review number: 3641 (1992)

Provenance:
1st Earl of Leicester; by descent.

Description:
This drawing is a preparatory study for the vault of the chapel of San Massimo in Santa Maria degli Angeli, Assisi, which was one of Salimbeni's most important commissions outside Siena.

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