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For the depiction of the Baptism centrally in an altarpiece see Niccolò di Pietro Gerini NG 579.
The Camaldolese Abbey, Borgo Sansepolcro; bought, 1861.
Clark 1951, pp. 13-14, 204
Davies 1961, pp. 426-8
Paolucci 1989, p. 106
Dunkerton 1991, pp. 198, 286-7', 'ObjectStatusID' : '1', 'PublicAccess' : '1', 'GroupNumber' : '', 'GroupTitle' : '', 'GroupArtist' : '', 'GroupDate' : '', 'GroupParts' : '', 'ImageID' : '218', 'ImageFile' : 'N-0665-00-000066-WZ-PYR.tif', 'ImageCode' : 'N-0665-00-000066-WZ', 'ImagePath' : '/pics/tmp/websiteimages/Website_Collection_Online/Web Zoom Images/WZ web NG Fronts/', 'ImageLevels' : '6', 'ImageXsize' : '4209', 'ImageYsize' : '6000', 'FileGroup_ID' : '14', 'impos' : '1882'} /* Array ( [0] =>

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For the depiction of the Baptism centrally in an altarpiece see Niccolò di Pietro Gerini NG 579.
The Camaldolese Abbey, Borgo Sansepolcro; bought, 1861.
Clark 1951, pp. 13-14, 204
Davies 1961, pp. 426-8
Paolucci 1989, p. 106
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