Church martyrs

Church martyrs

Church martyrs, with in the foreground St Agatha, tied to a stake and having her breasts cut by an executioner; beyond, at right, St Tryphon, hanging upside down from a tree, and Sts Fabian and Cornelius being beheaded; at left, St Abdon and Sennen being spared by the lions; after the fresco executed in San Stefano Rotondo by Niccolò Circignani
Engraving
Height: Height: 272 millimetres
Width: Width: 172 millimetres
Inscription content: Signed on plate with monogram: 'MP'. Numbered 'No.20' on plate. Lettered above image: 'Non sut condignae passiones huiu temporis ad ro. VIII' and below: 'Decio Valeriano et Galieno Impp.', and explanatory key.
Representation of: St Agatha
Representation of: Pope Fabian (St Fabian)
Representation of: Pope Cornelius (St Cornelius)
Representation of: St Tryphon
Representation of: St Abdon
Representation of: St Sennen

Print made by: Monogrammist MP
After: Niccolò Circignani

Associated with: Rome (S. Stefano Rotondo)
Europe: Italy: Lazio: Rome (province): Rome (city)
Topographic representation of: Colosseum
Europe: Italy: Lazio: Rome (province): Rome (city): Colosseum

1580-1630 (c) (c)

British Museum
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1869-0410-1576
Purchased from: José de Salamanca y Mayol, Marquis of Salamanca
Purchased through: Sotheby's (24-7.ii.1869/435)
Purchased through: Edward Daniell
Previous owner/ex-collection: José de Madrazo