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Saint Mary Magdalen. Lithograph by M. Golde after F.G. Gessi.

Saint Francis of Assisi receiving the stigmata. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, 1830, after F.G. Gessi.

Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin). Line engraving after F.G. Gessi.

Saint Francis of Assisi. Engraving by F. Rosaspina after F.G. Gessi.

Saint Bonaventure resuscitates a dead child. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after F.G. Gessi.

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Francesco Gessi

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Images by Francesco Gessi

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Saint Bonaventure resuscitates a dead child. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after F.G. Gessi.

Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin). Line engraving after F.G. Gessi.

Saint Francis of Assisi. Engraving by F. Rosaspina after F.G. Gessi.

Saint Mary Magdalen. Lithograph by M. Golde after F.G. Gessi.

Saint Francis of Assisi receiving the stigmata. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, 1830, after F.G. Gessi.