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Prospero FONTANA
Holy Family with Saint Jerome, a female martyr and the infant Saint John the Baptist
(c. 1552-1555)
Medium
oil on wood panel
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1961
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
16th & 17th Century Gallery - Painting and Sculpture
Mezzanine linked to Level 1, NGV International
Artwork Details
Medium
oil on wood panel
Measurements
102.2 × 82.8 cm
Inscription
inscribed in yellow paint
l.c.r.:
PROSPER. FO(...illeg.) ANEVS.
Accession Number
839-5
Department
International Painting
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1961
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
16th & 17th Century Gallery - Painting and Sculpture
Mezzanine linked to Level 1, NGV International
Subjects (general)
Human Figures
Religion and Mythology
Subjects (specific)
children (people by age group)
Holy Family (Christian theme)
infants
Jerome, Saint
John the Baptist, Saint (Abrahamic religion iconography)
lion (species)
martyrs
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