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PAINTING OF THE MONTH

BBC Home Service
on BBC Home Service Basic

Figure Painting
2: Piero della Francesca (c. 1410-1492)
THE BAPTISM OF CHRIST (painted c. 1450) at the National Gallery
Speaker, Michael Ayrton
Repeated on Thursday at 7.35 p.m. in Network Three
The Virgin and Child with St. John the Baptist and St. Anne
The cartoon by LEONARDO DA Vinci is now on view at the National Gallery in London in connection with the appeal to raise funds to buy this picture for the nation. It will be discussed by GEOFFREY AGNEW in an extra programme in this series, in the Home Service on Sunday, June 17. A supplement will be added to the folder of reproductions which accompany the series.

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Piero Della Francesca
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Michael Ayrton
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Geoffrey Agnew
Source: Radio Times

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