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"tombstone": "John the Baptist being carried to Zacharias, c. 1510. Attributed to Francesco Granacci (Italian, 1469\u20131543). Tempera and oil with gold on wood; unframed: 76.2 x 33 cm (30 x 13 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Elisabeth Severance Prentiss Collection, 1944.91",
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"title": "John the Baptist being carried to Zacharias",
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"did_you_know": "The artist used gold to paint fine details of embroidery and individual strands of hair.",
"description": "Did Michelangelo paint some of this work? This panel formed part of a series depicting the life of John the Baptist, with other panels located in New York City and Liverpool, England. Scholars believe that as many as five artists may have participated in creating the artworks and disagree about who painted this panel. Michelangelo Buonarotti, a lifelong friend of Francesco Granacci\u2019s, may have contributed, perhaps in the drapery of the figure in white.",
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"citation": "Francis, Henry. \"Paintings in the Prentiss Bequest.\" The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 31, no. 6, pt. 1 (June 1944): 87-89.
Published as \"The Expulsion of Hagar\" by Cosimo Rosselli",
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"citation": "Holst, Christian von. Francesco Granacci. M\u00fcnchen, Germany: Bruckmann, 1974.",
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"citation": "Berti, Luciano. Firenze e la Toscana dei Medici nell'Europa del Cinquecento: Il primato del disegno : [mostra, Palazzo Strozzi]. Milano, Italy: Electa, 1980.",
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"citation": "The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Catalogue of Paintings, Part 3: European Paintings of the 16th, 17th, and 18th Centuries. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1982.",
"page_number": "Mentioned: p. 351-354; Reproduced: p. 352",
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"citation": "Barriault, Anne B. Spalliera Paintings of Renaissance Tuscany: Fables of Poets for Patrician Homes. University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1994.",
"page_number": "Mentioned: p. 156-157; pl. 16a",
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"citation": "Ingendaay Rodio, Martina. I migliori pennelli: i marchesi Gerini mecenati e collezionisti nella Firenze barocca : il palazzo e la galleria, 1600-1825. Milano, Italy : Biblion, 2013.",
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