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The Calling of St Peter and St Andrew Pietro da Cortona (Pietro Berrettini) (painter)
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Title/s	The Calling of St Peter and St Andrew
Maker/s	Pietro da Cortona (Pietro Berrettini) (painter) [ULAN info: 1596-1669]
Category	painting
Name	painting
School/Style	Italian Roman School
Technique Description	oil on canvas
Dimensions	height: 28.7 cm width: 57.4 cm
Date	1626 to 1630
Provenance	bought: P. and D. Colnaghi and Co. Ltd 1965 (Filtered for: Paintings, Drawings and Prints) Sacchetti family at the Villa Sacchetti, Castel Fusano, Ostia; Chigi family, Castel Fusano property bought by, 1755; Marchese Cavalcanti, by inheritance; bt. Messrs. P. and D. Colnaghi and Co. Ltd., London, 1962 Given by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum, with contributions from the Victoria and Albert Museum Grant-in-Aid and from the funds of Miss I. M. E. Hitchcock's bequest, 1965
Documentation	(2005) Treasures of the Fitzwilliam Museum, London: Scala [page: 48] (1962) L'Ideale Classico del Seicento in Italia, [comments: pl. 75] Briganti, Giuliano (1962) Pietro da Cortona o Della Pittura Barocca, Florence (1966) Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. Annual Report for the Year ending 31 December 1965, Cambridge (Cambs.) [comments: pl. 134] Rice, Louise A New Cortona Landscape, Source title: Burlington Magazine (1987) [comments: pl. VI] Goodison, J.W. (1967) Catalogue of Paintings in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, Italian School, Cambridge (Cambs.): Cambridge University Press [page: 75]
Accession Number	PD.3-1965 (Paintings, Drawings and Prints) (Reference Number: 230; Input Date: 1999-12-02 / Last Edit: 2010-07-09)

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The Calling of St Peter and St Andrew

Pietro da Cortona (Pietro Berrettini) (painter)