A bishop saint pointing to a model city and other figures. Etching by F. Bartolozzi, 1764, after G.F. Barbieri, il Guercino.

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1764
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10925i
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A bishop saint pointing to a model city and other figures. Etching by F. Bartolozzi, 1764, after G.F. Barbieri, il Guercino. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Possibly Saint Petronius pointing to a model of the city of Bologna held by a putto, and looking up towards the Virgin, while a Bolognese woman, for whom he is interceding, stands next to him in despair. Identified in the Royal Collection catalogue as Saint Prosper, bishop of Reggio Emilia with a model of the city of Reggio

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1764

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1 print : etching

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Wellcome Collection 10925i

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