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The work is egg tempera and gold leaf on wood with dimensions of 49 cm x 40 cm (19.3 in x 15.7 in). It was created in the middle part of the 16th century. The painting depicts Saint Andrew on an upside-down cross between two trees along the axis of the image sunk into the ground. Andrew
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