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1 print : engraving ; platemark 25.4 x 18.3 cm; Dedicated to Prudentia, the daughter of the painter Jan van der Straet (Stradanus), who was a nun in the convent of Saint Agatha in Florence; S. Agatha, virgo et martyr. Venerabili ac religiosae virgini…

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

"One of the most classic creations from Tiepolo's Venetian years is the former high altar picture of the Benedictine monastery church of S. Agata in Lendinara near Rovigo, which the artist painted around 1755 after his return from Würzburg in 1753.…

"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…

etching

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

pen and ink wash drawing
Height 277 mm
Width 207 mm
watermark: Lamb in circle (45 x 47 mm, on P3 of 6P, vH, left), similar to Briquet 49 (with halo)(Florence 1511, Treviso 1514), similar to Piccard Online 86768 (Ferrara 1576)

"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…