The Last Communion of Saint Mary of Egypt by Sebastiano Ricci https://www.nga.gov/artworks/127587-last-communion-saint-mary-egypt
waist up except for a white cloth she loosely holds to her chest with her left hand
waist up except for a white cloth she loosely holds to her chest with her left hand
rich panel was originally the left side of a diptych, which, along with a right-hand
The hand farther from us is drawn across the chest and tucked under the arm closer
Although called a nativity, this painting lacks the manger, ox, and ass traditionally found in scenes of Christ’s birth. It would be better interpreted as a mystical adoration of saints.
He holds a tall staff in one hand and points at Mary with the index finger of the
"Dondon" lower center margin, graphite, artist’s hand. "63/124" lower left margin
; in later hand, lower left: #63; in later hand, upper center verso in graphite:
photolithograph on newsprint paper, printed on both sides and folded three times, with hand-torn
Inscriptions & Marks Inscriptions on verso, by unknown hand, lower center in blue
2024–April 6, 2025 Inscriptions & Marks Inscriptions on verso, by unknown hand
Ellison Hoover; upper left verso in graphite by unknown hand: Sold – Dave Williams
.; lower right in graphite: Ed Ruscha 2006; in unknown hand, lower right verso in