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Bernardino Passari: Saint Anthony Finds the Hermit Saint Paul Dead in the Arms of Angels

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Bernardino Passari: Saint Anthony Finds the Hermit Saint Paul Dead in the Arms of Angels

Bernardino Passari: Saint Anthony Finds the Hermit Saint Paul Dead in the Arms of Angels

Saint Anthony Finds the Hermit Saint Paul Dead in the Arms of Angels, etching...

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Mary Stansbury Ruiz Bequest (M.88.91.257) www.lacma.org

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