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| Category | Painting |
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| Origin: artist/workshop | Francesco Botticini (1446-97) |
| Date | 15C/4 |
| Reference No | Inv dep n 10 |
| Size | 148x148 |
| Provenance | Florence, Cistercian abbey of Settimo |
| Present Location | Fiesole, Badia Fiesolana |
| Bibliography | Venturini 1994, 120-1 |
| Berenson 1963, 40 | |
| Illustration From | Venturini 1994, ill 94 |
| Other illustrations | Florence 1990, ill 39 |
| Country | Italy |
| Description: |
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| Deposition scene painted by Francesco Botticini c 1475-85. The standing figure of Christ is held by by the Virgin and Joseph of Arimathea flanked by Bernard on the left and Sebastian, with arrows and a palm, on the right, while a kneeling Mary Magdalene kisses the hand of Christ. Bernard has a pen in his right hand and a book in his left. Bernard has 'tuft'. |