St Agatha
Dublin Core
Title
St Agatha
Subject
Series: Series: Imagini di molte SS Vergini Rom.e nel martirio
Description
St Agatha; kneeling to left in front of a prison, with one severed breast, praying to a vision of St Peter standing blessing her; behind to left she is roasted alive on hot coals; within an oval frame and with a vertical panel of ornamental scrollwork to left and to right.
Etching
Height: Height: 74 millimetres
Width: Width: 117 millimetres
Inscription content: Lettered within image with saint's name and feast day
Etching
Height: Height: 74 millimetres
Width: Width: 117 millimetres
Inscription content: Lettered within image with saint's name and feast day
Creator
Print made by: Antonio Tempesta
Published by: Giovanni Antonio de Paoli
Published by: Giovanni Antonio de Paoli
Source
Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur (XVII.138.398)
Publisher
Published in: Rome (city)
Europe: Italy: Lazio: Rome (province): Rome (city)
Europe: Italy: Lazio: Rome (province): Rome (city)
Date
1570-1591
Relation
Associated Title: Historia delle sante vergini Romane (Rome, 1591)
Collection
Citation
Print made by: Antonio Tempesta
Published by: Giovanni Antonio de Paoli, “St Agatha,” European Mastectomy, accessed May 24, 2026, https://www.european-mastectomy.artinterp.org/items/show/40.