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oil and tempera on canvas
Painted surface H: 25 1/4 x W: 19 13/16 in. (64.2 x 50.3 cm)

Use of a surgical tool rather than a blacksmithing tongs

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)

Medium: Engraving

Dimensions: 3-1/4 x 1-7/8 in. (8.3 x 4.8 cm)

Inscription: Lettered monogram lower right: 'MAF'

fresco, choir
SS. Agata e Margherita, Cremona, Italy

Material
panel
Measurements
120 x 45 cm.
Description
Full view
Formerly in the Castello di Vincigliata, Florence and then Baron Alberto Fassini collection, Rome (after 1930).
Probably part of the same polyptych as Saint Nicholas of Bari and…

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.

"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 ,…

"Together with two other female saints, these panels were originally stacked in two groups of three, one above the other, to form the piers flanking the main panels of an altarpiece. By this date Giovanni di Paolo’s work must have begun to seem out…

Four oval scenes, each related to religious events or saints celebrated in February; from left to right and top to bottom, a soldier shearing the breast of a young female saint tied to a pillar (St Agatha's Day); a man armed with a brand and burning…

1 print : wood engraving, with watercolour
Lettering
La Lune. ... Portrait authentique de Sallot dit casque de fer. D'apres une photographie communiquée par M. Francal, notre correspondant à Foix. And. Gill. Relief Marchandeux.
Lettering note
The…