Deacon Holding a Book

1440-1470 (Renaissance)

26 cm 75 cm 19.5 cm

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This deacon (identified by his collar and tunic), from the order of clergy just below the priest, holds an open Gospel book, from which he would have read aloud during mass. The statue may represent the deacon Eleutherius, companion of St. Denis; they were martyred together ne...

Sculpture

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8097
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sculpture
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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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en
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