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Overall (confirmed): 5 3/8 × 3 1/2 × 3 1/8 in. (13.7 × 8.9 × 7.9 cm)

"This small, half-length statuette depicts the early Christian saint Agatha gazing heavenward with her hands bound behind her back. According to legend, the Sicilian…

"This miniature was originally included in an antiphonary volume illuminated by Sano di Pietro for the Hospital of Santa Maria della Scala in Siena. The scene inside the initial D illustrates one of the responses for the Feast of Saint Agatha…

Medium: Red chalk; framing lines in pen and brown ink
Dimensions: 6 x 4 7/16in. (15.3 x 11.3cm)
Annotated on paper support on verso, in blue crayon, "It5 [or s] - A13" along upper left border; below, "Moretto da Brescia"; at center, in graphite,…

Medium: Engraving

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

Inscription: Lettered monogram lower right: 'MAF'

"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…

"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…

hot-pokers are used to torture saint agatha

Saint Agatha holds a pair of pincers, the martyr's palm, and the Bible. In the background, a burning pyre. Saint Agatha suffered martyrdom by having her breasts torn off with pincers
color lithograph
Sant'Agata. Vergine e martire. On verso, prayer…

Black ink and white gouache on blue-gray prepared antique laid paper

Dimensions
19.2 x 14 cm (7 9/16 x 5 1/2 in.)