Italian]]> Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.54056.html]]> Vesme, Alexandre de (Baudi di Vesme, Alessandro). Le peintre-graveur italien; ouvrage faisant suite au peintre-graveur de Bartsch. Milan: Ulrico Hoepli, 1906.
1971
Rizzi, Aldo. The Etchings of the Tiepolos. Complete edition. London: Phaidon, 1971.]]> 187,8 x 135,5 cm]]> Place of manufacture: Italy (country)
Place of origin: Venice (city)]]> https://id.smb.museum/object/866587/das-martyrium-der-heiligen-agathe

1878 Ankauf von Charles Sedelmeyer, Paris]]>
Characteristic are the pronounced drawing style with strange bulging broken folds and the hair treatment ending in the finest curls. The ubiquitous Leonardesque influence in Milan is particularly noticeable in the faces.

The initial D, formed from horns with colored leaves and a blue leaf mask on the stem, depicts the martyrdom of St. Agatha shown. Because she did not want to renounce her faith, both her breasts were cut off (legenda aurea) after a number of tortures at the behest of Prefect Quintinian, who is enthroned with the judge's staff on the left. Her tormentors have tied her to an 'ancient' pillar (which may have been the support of a pagan idol) with her arms raised, and a henchman is setting the knife. In the background, the crenellated wall of Catania delimits the place of execution."
16,2 x 16,8 cm]]> https://id.smb.museum/object/1051992/initiale-d-mit-martyrium-der-hl--agathe
]]> https://id.smb.museum/object/952779/die-heiligen-apollonia%2C-agathe%2C-c%C3%A4cilia-und-ursula-]]> Dimensions: 23 1/2 x 13 1/8 inches (59.7 x 33.3 cm)]]> ]]> Credit Line: The William L. Elkins Collection, 1924]]> Dimensions: Sheet: 13 1/2 x 8 3/4 inches (34.3 x 22.3 cm)]]> https://philamuseum.org/collection/object/27436
The Muriel and Philip Berman Gift, acquired from the John S. Phillips bequest of 1876 to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, with funds contributed by Muriel and Philip Berman, gifts (by exchange) of Lisa Norris Elkins, Bryant W. Langston, Samuel S. White 3rd and Vera White, with additional funds contributed by John Howard McFadden, Jr., Thomas Skelton Harrison, and the Philip H. and A.S.W. Rosenbach Foundation, 1985]]> Dimensions: Plate: 8 7/16 × 5 9/16 inches (21.5 × 14.2 cm) Sheet: 8 15/16 × 6 1/8 inches (22.7 × 15.5 cm)]]> https://philamuseum.org/collection/object/79908
The Muriel and Philip Berman Gift, acquired from the John S. Phillips bequest of 1876 to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, with funds contributed by Muriel and Philip Berman, gifts (by exchange) of Lisa Norris Elkins, Bryant W. Langston, Samuel S. White 3rd and Vera White, with additional funds contributed by John Howard McFadden, Jr., Thomas Skelton Harrison, and the Philip H. and A.S.W. Rosenbach Foundation, 1985]]> Dimensions: Sheet (cut within platemark): 7 13/16 × 5 5/8 inches (19.9 × 14.3 cm)]]> https://philamuseum.org/collection/object/79909
The Muriel and Philip Berman Gift, acquired from the John S. Phillips bequest of 1876 to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, with funds contributed by Muriel and Philip Berman, gifts (by exchange) of Lisa Norris Elkins, Bryant W. Langston, Samuel S. White 3rd and Vera White, with additional funds contributed by John Howard McFadden, Jr., Thomas Skelton Harrison, and the Philip H. and A.S.W. Rosenbach Foundation, 1985]]> Dimensions: Sheet: 10 13/16 x 8 1/8 inches (27.5 x 20.7 cm)]]> https://philamuseum.org/collection/object/79081
The Muriel and Philip Berman Gift, acquired from the John S. Phillips bequest of 1876 to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, with funds contributed by Muriel and Philip Berman, gifts (by exchange) of Lisa Norris Elkins, Bryant W. Langston, Samuel S. White 3rd and Vera White, with additional funds contributed by John Howard McFadden, Jr., Thomas Skelton Harrison, and the Philip H. and A.S.W. Rosenbach Foundation, 1985]]>
Medium: Engraving
Dimensions: Plate: 3 5/8 x 2 11/16 inches (9.2 x 6.8 cm) Sheet: 3 3/4 x 2 13/16 inches (9.5 x 7.2 cm)]]> Southern Netherlands (modern Belgium), Europe]]> https://philamuseum.org/collection/object/79938
The Muriel and Philip Berman Gift, acquired from the John S. Phillips bequest of 1876 to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, with funds contributed by Muriel and Philip Berman, gifts (by exchange) of Lisa Norris Elkins, Bryant W. Langston, Samuel S. White 3rd and Vera White, with additional funds contributed by John Howard McFadden, Jr., Thomas Skelton Harrison, and the Philip H. and A.S.W. Rosenbach Foundation, 1985]]>