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Die Heyligen Junckfrawen unnd Mertirerin inn dem Himlischen Rosengartten
Broadside on the heavenly rose garden; with a stencil-coloured woodcut from eight (?) blocks of virgin saints and the Holy Kinship seated on benches in front of rose bushes arranged in four horizontal strips; below 30 lines of German letterpress…
Female saints
Sixteen female saints; half-length figures with their respective attributes, arranged in four rows.
Woodcut
Height: Height: 216 millimetres
Width: Width: 166 millimetres
Inscription content: Lettered with the names of the individual saints on…
Woodcut
Height: Height: 216 millimetres
Width: Width: 166 millimetres
Inscription content: Lettered with the names of the individual saints on…
Seal-matrix for Adolf von Epstein, Archdeacon of Trier
Seal-matrix for Adolf von Epstein, Archdeacon of Trier; bronze; circular.
Obverse: Female figure standing, facing, wearing a long dress and her hands above her head grasping a cross-bar resting on side posts. On either side an executioner seizing…
Obverse: Female figure standing, facing, wearing a long dress and her hands above her head grasping a cross-bar resting on side posts. On either side an executioner seizing…
Portrait of a Lady with the Attributes of Saint Agatha
The lady in the picture is shown with the attributes of Saint Agatha, the third-century Sicilian martyr who was reported to have been tortured for rejecting the marriage proposal of the Roman governor. A dish with Agatha’s severed breasts and the…
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…
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 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…
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,…
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'
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 ,…