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frescoes with episodes from the lives of various saints. |
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PLEDGED FOR RESTORATION 2002
Inv.: 40500, 40481, 40482,
40483, 40484, 40485, 40486, 40487, 40488, 40494
Artist: Anonymous XII century painter
Date: XII century A.D.
Provenance: From the Church of St. Agnes
Outside the Walls on the Via Nomentana, and the Church of St. Nicholas in Prison
Materials: Detached frescoes
These fresco fragments, which illustrate
events from the lives of saints, once belonged to the original decoration of the Roman
churches of St. Agnes Outside the Walls and St. Nicholas in Prison. Among the
depictions of individual saints and martyrs are the portraits of St. Peter and St. John
the Baptist.
Total Cost: $45,000.00
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