Plate 18: Martyrdom scenes with St Agatha being tied to a pillar in foreground, her sheared breasts lying in front of her, the Popes Fabian and Cornelius being beheaded in left background, St Tryphon hung from a tree and beaten in left background,…
18th century engraving with frame from First French Empire (18041814). Discovered at Luxeuil. Pellerin (of Epinal) had near identical wood block in his possession, which he was using c. 1814. SA: Agatha of Sicily, Christian saint, d. c.…
"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…
1 print : engraving ; platemark 25.4 x 18.3 cm; Dedicated to Prudentia, the daughter of the painter Jan van der Straet (Stradanus), who was a nun in the convent of Saint Agatha in Florence; S. Agatha, virgo et martyr. Venerabili ac religiosae virgini…
"One of the most classic creations from Tiepolo's Venetian years is the former high altar picture of the Benedictine monastery church of S. Agata in Lendinara near Rovigo, which the artist painted around 1755 after his return from Würzburg in 1753.…