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Baptismal ceremony of St. Augustine presided over by St. Ambrose. Painted in the Mannerism style, the artist was a student of the Bolognese School of Painting.
Title: Baptismal ceremony
Artist: Amico Aspertini
Date: c. 16th century
Nationality: Italy
Classification: Painting
Provenance: (Volterra, Florence); sold to Samuel H. Kress [1863-1955] in 1930; gift 1961 to George Peabody College for Teachers, now Vanderbilt University Art Gallery, in 1961, no. 1979.0648P.
Medium: Tempera on Panel
Collection: Vanderbilt University Art Gallery
Accession Number: 1979.0648P
Gift of: The Samuel H. Kress Foundation
Kress Number: 78
Attribution: Vanderbilt University Art Gallery, work in the Public Domain