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Two Saints in Adoration by Ventura Salimbeni

Two Saints in Adoration

Ventura Salimbeni · 1575

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Artist
Ventura Salimbeni
Date
1575
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over traces of leadpoint
Location
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Dimensions
6 1/2 x 12 5/8 in. (16.5 x 32.1 cm)
Collection
Drawings and Prints
Credit line
Purchase, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, and Sally and Howard Lepow Gift, 2001
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Ventura Salimbeni

Ventura Salimbeni, a Sienese Counter-Maniera painter and printmaker, brought dramatic light and innovative perspectives to Italian churches in the late 16th and early 17th centuries.

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