Saint Peter Martyr Exorcizing a Woman Possessed by a Devil

1445/55

Antonio Vivarini
Italian, about 1415-1476/84

Status: On View, Gallery 237
Department: Painting and Sculpture of Europe

Artist: Antonio Vivarini
Title: Saint Peter Martyr Exorcizing a Woman Possessed by a Devil
Place: Italy (Artist's nationality)
Date: 1440–1455
Medium: Tempera on panel
Dimensions: Panel: 54.8 × 35.5 cm (21 9/16 × 14 in.); Painted Surface: 51.3 × 33.7 cm (20 3/16 × 13 1/4 in.)
Credit Line: George F. Harding Collection
Reference Number: 1983.384
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Paolo Paolini, Rome; sold American Art Association, New York, December 10–11, 1924, no. 90, as Quirizio da Murano, to George F. Harding, Jr. [according to Harding Museum papers in the Art Institute archives]; George F. Harding , Jr. (d. 1939), Chicago, from 1924; bequeathed to the George F. Harding Museum, Chicago; offered for sale Sotheby’s, New York, December 2, 1976, no 28, ill., withdrawn; transferred to the Art Institute, 1983.

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