Queen Esther

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Author:     Painted in: 1421-1457    Framework: Fresco removed and transferred to canvas, 120x150    Located in: The Church of San Pier Scheraggio

This fresco is part of the series of famous people that Andrea painted around 1450 in the loggia of Villa Carducci at Legnaia, near Florence ; they were removed around the middle of the last century and acquired by the Florentine Galleries. At the Uffizi

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