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Study for center panel, "Christ at the Pool of Bethesda" World War II portable altarpiece, for Naval Medical Centre Bethesda, Maryland
Study for center panel, "Christ at the Pool of Bethesda" World War II portable altarpiece, for Naval Medical Centre Bethesda, Maryland

Study for center panel, "Christ at the Pool of Bethesda" World War II portable altarpiece, for Naval Medical Centre Bethesda, Maryland

"Christ at the Pool of Bethesda" World War II portable Altarpiece
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Naval Medical Centre, Bethesda, Maryland

Object Details

Title:
Study for center panel, "Christ at the Pool of Bethesda" World War II portable altarpiece, for Naval Medical Centre Bethesda, Maryland
Date:
c. 1944
Artist:
Medium:
Sanguine and graphite on paper
Dimensions
20 x 12 1/2 in.
Classification
No items found.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 2015
Description

[lower right in red ink]: stamped signature / stamped monogram initials

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