A Nun on Her Deathbed, the Holy Spirit Above by Giovanni Battista Lombardelli (Giovanni Battista della Marca, "Il Montano") — Giovanni Battista Lombardelli (Giovanni Battista della Marca, "Il Montano"). A Nun on Her Deathbed, the Holy Spirit Above, 1532–87. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public domain (CC0).

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A Nun on Her Deathbed, the Holy Spirit Above

by Giovanni Battista Lombardelli (Giovanni Battista della Marca, "Il Montano")

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Artist: Giovanni Battista Lombardelli (Giovanni Battista della Marca, "Il Montano") (Italian, Ostra Vetere (Montenuovo) 1532–1587 Perugia)
Date: 1532–87
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over red chalk
Dimensions: 4 3/4 x 4 1/2in. (12.1 x 11.4cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1962
Accession no.: 62.129.5

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1532–87 · Drawing
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