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Artwork:
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St. Peter baptizing in the prison
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Artist:
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ANGO, Jean-Robert
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Technique:
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Pen, red, brown ink, grey wash, brown wash
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Location:
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Musée du Louvre, Paris
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Notes:
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In a floor of the Mamertine Prison is a well, which, according to the legend, miraculously came into existence while St. Peter was imprisoned here, enabling the apostle to baptize his jailers, Sts. Processus and Martinianus
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Subject:
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Prisoner in Rome
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