Sts Lucy, Cecilia, Barbara, Agatha and Agnes standing before a niche, holding their respective attributes; the Holy Spirit appears above them; in outline; after il Moretto. c.1827
Engraving
Height: Height: 229 millimetres
Width: Width: 165…
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,…
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)
The martyrdom of St Agatha, who is having her breast cut off by a man at the right, after Ippolito Costa. 1577
Engraving
Height: Height: 248 millimetres
Width: Width: 182
Inscription content: Lettered bottom right 'Diana incidebat Romae 1577' and…
The Martyrdom of St Agatha; centre, St Agatha tied to a column with her breasts exposed, to the left and r, an excutioner approaches with a pair of shears; in the foreground, another man kindles a fire, a crown and veil lie on the…
the saint tied to a column at centre; flanked by two henchmen holding shears; another crouching at right, fanning a fire
Height: Height: 260 millimetres
Width: Width: 184 millimetres
Inscription type: inscription
Inscription content: Signed at…
The saint tied to a tree at centre, two men shearing her breasts with large tongs, hills and a city in background; copy in reverse after Cornelis Cort who engraved after Giulio Clovio
Inscription type: inscription
Inscription content: Signed in…
The Martyrdom of St Agatha; standing on a raised platform with two men torturing her by the shearing of her breasts, a woman and child crouched in the foreground, God the Father surrounded by putti above
Pen and brown ink, with brown wash, over…