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The Death of St Clare with Pope Innocent IV Blessing Salimbeni

Ventura Salimbeni, 1599

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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Title of artwork, date

The Death of St Clare with Pope Innocent IV Blessing Salimbeni, 1599

Date supported

1992

Medium and material

Black chalk, pen & brown ink, brown wash heightened with white

Dimensions

25.8 x 24.8 cm

Grant

4292

Total cost

42912

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