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Panel from a dismembered altarpiece: Saint John the Evangelist and the Poisoned Chalice
Panel from a dismembered altarpiece: Saint John the Evangelist and the Poisoned Chalice

Panel from a dismembered altarpiece: Saint John the Evangelist and the Poisoned Chalice

Artist Francescuccio Ghissi (Francesco di Cecco Ghissi) Italian, active circa 1359–1374
Datecirca 1370–1380
MediumTempera and gold leaf on panel
Dimensions13 7/8 x 15 3/16 in. (35.2 x 38.6 cm)
Frame: 16 7/8 x 17 1/2 x 1 3/4 in. (42.9 x 44.5 x 4.4 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineGift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation
Object numberGL.60.17.20
On View
Not on view
ProvenanceCollection Baron Fassini, Rome; Contini Bonacossi, Florence; Samuel H. Kress Foundation, 1932; Kress Foundation gift to NCMA, 1961.
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