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Simon Magus offering St Peter money for the power of conferring The Holy Spirit
Painter: Liberale da Verona (Attributed to)
A panel from a predella, of which one other component is known, St Peter Healing the Cripple at the Gate Beautiful
History note: Francesco Lombardi and Ugo Baldi, Florence; bought in Italy ((?) Florence) by Charles, 3rd Earl Somers (1819-83), 1865; his daughter, Lady Henry Somerset, 1890; her cousin, Arthur, 7th Lord Somers; bought from him by C.D. Rotch, 1917, who sold it to L.C.G. Clarke, 1918
L.C.G. Clarke, 1949, received 1961
Height: 30.5 cm
Width: 56.2 cm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Given (1961) by Clarke, Louis Colville Gray
Circa 1470 - 1475
Support
composed of
panel (wood)
Painted Surface
Height 32.1 cm
Width 56.6/55. cm
Painting (image-making) : Tempera on panel
Accession number: PD.21-1961
Primary reference Number: 464
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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Accession Number: MS 84
Accession Number: MS 3-1954
Accession Number: PD.25-1950
Accession Number: C.882B-1928
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