Saint Cecilia Playing the Organ, 1650s, Red chalk, sheet: 11 7/16 x 7 5/8 in. (29 x 19.3 cm), Drawings, Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri) (Italian, Cento 1591–1666 Bologna), Cecilia was a saint and virgin martyr believed to have lived in the second or third century. Brought up as a Christian, she took a vow of chastity and, on marrying a Roman nobleman, persuaded him to accept sexual abstinence
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Saint Cecilia Playing, Organ, 1650s, Red chalk, sheet, 11 7/16 x 7 5/8, 29 19.3 cm, Drawings, Guercino, Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, Italian, Cento, 1591–1666, Bologna, Cecilia, saint, virgin martyr believed, lived, second, third century, Brought up, Christian, vow, chastity, marrying, Roman nobleman, persuaded, accept sexual, abstinence
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