Ste. Agathe, vierge et martyre (St. Agatha, Virgin and Martyr), February 5th, from Les Images De Tous Les Saincts et Saintes de L'Année (Images of All of the Saints and Religious Events of the Year)

Ste. Agathe, vierge et martyre (St. Agatha, Virgin and Martyr), February 5th, from Les Images De Tous Les Saincts et Saintes de L'Année (Images of All of the Saints and Religious Events of the Year)

Series/Portfolio: Les Images De Tous Les Saincts et Saintes de L'Année

"This print is part of a series comprised of a title page, frontispiece, and 122 plates. Each of these 122 plates contains four oval scenes depicting Saints and Religious Events for each day of the year. This etching was originally one of four oval scenes on a plate in the series."

Medium: Etching; second state of two (Lieure)

Dimensions: Sheet: 2 9/16 x 1 15/16 in. (6.5 x 5 cm)

Inscription: At upper left: S. AGATHA
At upper right: V. ET M.
At lower left: 5.
At lower left: Israel ex.
At lower right: FEB.

Marking: On verso at center: The Metropolitan Museum of Art stamp

Jacques Callot French
Publisher Israël Henriet French

1636

The Met
Credit Line: Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1917
Earls of Pembroke (British); Sotheby's, LondonWilton House Sale, July 1917; P. & D. Colnaghi & Co.