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Saint John the Baptist and Saint Jerome (© National Gallery, London)
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© National Gallery, London

Saint John the Baptist and Saint Jerome

Artist: Masaccio (1401 - 1428)

Location: National Gallery

Date: 1423 - 1428

Materials: egg tempera on wood

Dimensions: 114 x 55 cm

Grant:

Vendor: Christie's

Review number: 1581 (1950)

Provenance:
Farnese Collection, Rome in 17c.; Cardinal Fesch sale 1845; Major General Sir Allan Adair Bt

Description:
Originally one side of single panel with 'Pope Gregory the Great and Matthias' that was divided in two. The panel had been the right wing of an altarpiece in Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome.

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