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Saint Agatha
Saint Agatha holds a pair of pincers, the martyr's palm, and the Bible. In the background, a burning pyre. Saint Agatha suffered martyrdom by having her breasts torn off with pincers
color lithograph
Sant'Agata. Vergine e martire. On verso, prayer…
color lithograph
Sant'Agata. Vergine e martire. On verso, prayer…
Martyrdom of Saint Agatha and Saint Catherine of Alexandria
hot-pokers are used to torture saint agatha
Ste. Agathe, vierge et martyre (St. Agatha, Virgin and Martyr), February 5th, from Les Images De Tous Les Saincts et Saintes de L'Année (Images of All of the Saints and Religious Events of the Year)
"This print is part of a series comprised of a title page, frontispiece, and 122 plates. Each of these 122 plates contains four oval scenes depicting Saints and Religious Events for each day of the year. This etching was originally one of four oval…
Saints Catherine of Alexandria, Barbara, Agatha, and Margaret
"Together with two other female saints, these panels were originally stacked in two groups of three, one above the other, to form the piers flanking the main panels of an altarpiece. By this date Giovanni di Paolo’s work must have begun to seem out…
Saint Reparata Tortured with Red-Hot Irons
"Martyred under Emperor Decius (ruled 249–51 A.D.), Saint Reparata was a patron saint of Florence, for whom its cathedral was named. This exquisitely painted panel is from the high altarpiece of the cathedral (the main panels are now in the Uffizi ,…
Saint Agatha tied to a tree, her breasts have been cut off, from the series 'Piccoli Santi' (Small Saints)
Medium: Engraving
Dimensions: 3-1/4 x 1-7/8 in. (8.3 x 4.8 cm)
Inscription: Lettered monogram lower right: 'MAF'
Dimensions: 3-1/4 x 1-7/8 in. (8.3 x 4.8 cm)
Inscription: Lettered monogram lower right: 'MAF'
The Virgin and Child Appearing to Saint Agatha and Saint Lucy
Medium: Red chalk; framing lines in pen and brown ink
Dimensions: 6 x 4 7/16in. (15.3 x 11.3cm)
Annotated on paper support on verso, in blue crayon, "It5 [or s] - A13" along upper left border; below, "Moretto da Brescia"; at center, in graphite,…
Dimensions: 6 x 4 7/16in. (15.3 x 11.3cm)
Annotated on paper support on verso, in blue crayon, "It5 [or s] - A13" along upper left border; below, "Moretto da Brescia"; at center, in graphite,…
Martyrdom of Saint Agatha in an Initial D
"This miniature was originally included in an antiphonary volume illuminated by Sano di Pietro for the Hospital of Santa Maria della Scala in Siena. The scene inside the initial D illustrates one of the responses for the Feast of Saint Agatha…
Saint Agatha
Overall (confirmed): 5 3/8 × 3 1/2 × 3 1/8 in. (13.7 × 8.9 × 7.9 cm)
"This small, half-length statuette depicts the early Christian saint Agatha gazing heavenward with her hands bound behind her back. According to legend, the Sicilian…
"This small, half-length statuette depicts the early Christian saint Agatha gazing heavenward with her hands bound behind her back. According to legend, the Sicilian…
Martyrdom of Saint Agatha
panel
132 x 178 cm
"This is one of the most important examples of Venetian painting from the 16th century, signed and dated Sebastianus Venetus faciebat Rome 1520 on the parapet in the foreground, where the henchmen’s knife has been placed. In a…
132 x 178 cm
"This is one of the most important examples of Venetian painting from the 16th century, signed and dated Sebastianus Venetus faciebat Rome 1520 on the parapet in the foreground, where the henchmen’s knife has been placed. In a…