The Death of Saint Francis Xavier, Ciro Ferri, 1674–79

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The Death of Saint Francis Xavier, 1674–79, Black chalk, 20-1/16 x 12-5/8 in. ( x cm), Drawings, Ciro Ferri (Italian, Rome 1634?–1689 Rome), The most celebrated seventeenth-century representation of the death of Saint Francis Xavier (Francisco de Jasso, 1506-1552) is Carlo Maratti's painting commissioned 1674 and completed 1679 on the altar dedicated to that saint in the Chiesa del Gesù, Rome

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Size: 3767px × 5760px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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