An Allegory on the Expulsion from Paradise and the Sacrifice of Abel
The Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston Endowment Fund
Catalogue
- Year
- 1520
- Dimensions
- Plate/sheet: 24 × 32.4 cm (9 1/2 × 12 13/16 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Amico Aspertini
Artist
Painting
Amico Aspertini, also called Amerigo Aspertini, was an Italian Renaissance painter and sculptor whose complex, eccentric, and eclectic style anticipates Mannerism. He is considered one of the leading exponents of the Bolognese School of painting.
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- Amico Aspertini
- Year
- 1520
- Dimensions
- Plate/sheet: 24 × 32.4 cm (9 1/2 × 12 13/16 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1520-536998
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
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