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Baptismal Ceremony

Buchanan Library Fellow: Mara Yella, Class of 2023

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Description

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

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