Champlin, John Denison, 1834-1915, Perkins, Charles C. (Charles Callahan), 1823-1886 · New York : C. Scribner's sons · leaf 185
d him, another angel bears hiscross ; St. John Baptist, kneeling ; at right,SS. Peter Martyr and George, patron saintsof the city. Ordered in 1651 by Duke of Modena for S. Pietro Martire, but not putin place vmtil 1668, after Guercinos death ;taken to France in 1796.—Malvasia, ii. 269;Landon,… … Madonna with Saints of Modena, Guercino, Louvre. tionate attitude. Painted about 1520 overthe Porta Romana, or eastern gate of thetown, or in a room in the gateway. Wallused in 1554 as a back wall to a churchwhich was built against it, and as the pict-ure was high up, steps were erected to reachit,…
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