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Religion in the Desert
Religion in the Desert
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Religion in the Desert

by Sir Peter Francis Bourgeois

Date: c.1775-1811

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Item details
  • Acquisition

    Bourgeois Bequest, 1811

  • Accession number

    DPG459

  • Artist

    Sir Peter Francis Bourgeois

  • Date

    c.1775-1811

  • Dimensions

    94.6 x 120 cm

  • Materials

    Oil on canvas

A white-robed figure, appreantly a Dominican nun, with a chalice and a crown of thorns by her side. Inventoried in 1813 as 'Female, laying on the seashore. Stormy sky', but catalogued since 1824 under the present title. Damaged by bombs in 1944.

Religion in the Desert

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