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An Incident in the Story of the Vestal Claudia

Bartolomeo Montagna, 1450–1523

A small circular panel from a cassone. A companion to the 'Marriage of Antiochus and Stratonice' which is also included in the bequest. One of six paintings bequeathed by Gaspard Farrer which previously belonged to his father Sir William Farrer, one of the best-known collectors of Italian pictures in the late nineteenth century. The 6 works were part of a larger bequest which included pictures, prints, Oriental ceramics and silver plate.

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Title of artwork, date

An Incident in the Story of the Vestal Claudia, 1450–1523

Date supported

1946

Medium and material

Oil on panel

Dimensions

29 x 28 cm

Gifted by

Gaspard Farrer

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