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Holy Family with Saint Jerome, a female martyr and the infant Saint John the Baptist

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
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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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