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Orazio Samacchini (1532-77)

The Apparition of the Archangel Michael to St Gregory

RCIN 906021

The Apparition of the Archangel Michael to St Gregory

Orazio Samacchini (1532-77)

The Apparition of the Archangel Michael to St Gregory

Royal Collection Trust/© His Majesty King Charles III 2022

Royal Collection Trust/© His Majesty King Charles III 2022

Description

Gregory goes in procession, carrying the miraculous image of the Virgin, to pray for intercession against the plague. Poss. may have something to do with picture for the Madonna del Baraccano at Bologna.
People involved

Creator(s)

Search the collection Orazio Samacchini (1532-77)
(artist)

Subject(s)

Search the collection Pope Gregory I (c. 540-604)
Groupings
Object type(s)
visual works
drawings/watercolours
References

Other number(s)

RL 06021

P&W : Popham, A.E. & Wilde, J., 1949. The Italian Drawings of the XV and XVI Centuries in the Collection of His Majesty The King at Windsor Castle, London – P&W 0910

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