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A Saint Holding a Book, by Gioacchino Assereto, chalk, 1640

A Saint Holding a Book

Gioacchino Assereto

1640

chalk

paper

From the collection of National Gallery of Art

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Overview

A Saint Holding a Book is a 1640 chalk by Gioacchino Assereto, a Baroque work, held at National Gallery of Art.

Who painted this?
Gioacchino Assereto
When & what style?
1640 · Baroque
Where can I see it?
National Gallery of Art

About the artist

Artist

Gioacchino Assereto

Gioacchino Assereto (1600 – 28 June 1649) was an Italian painter of the early Baroque period and one of the most prominent history painters active in Genoa in the first half of the 17th century.

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