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woodcut

Styling is reminiscent of an illustration of St Eufrasia in Giunta, La rapresentatione di santa Eufrasia composta per messer Castellano Castellani, 1558; illustrations for a play rather than for a meditational work.

"Pieta' with crucified female martyrs; the Pieta' at centre; smaller scenes surrounding it: top centre: God the Father with angels distributing crowns; bottom centre: Christ leading a group of female Saints, carrying a cross over their shoulders;…

Christ offers his wound to God the Father. Virgin Mary performs similar pose in right panel, gesturing breast to center. Behind is a tableau of the tools associated with Christ's passion. Imagery resembles a page form a contemporaneous surgical…

Six female saints; St Mary Magdalene, St Rosalia, St Apollonia, St Agnes, St Dorothy, St Agatha; six roundels aligned in three rows; sheet four of the series; second state
Engraving
Diameter: Diameter: 43 millimetres (c., each roundel) (c., each…