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oil on canvas
Location: Chiesa dei Santi del Crocifisso, Borgo

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.

"Pieta' with crucified female martyrs; the Pieta' at centre; smaller scenes surrounding it: top centre: God the Father with angels distributing crowns; bottom centre: Christ leading a group of female Saints, carrying a cross over their shoulders;…

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)

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

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

18th century engraving with frame from First French Empire (1804–1814). Discovered at Luxeuil. Pellerin (of Epinal) had near identical wood block in his possession, which he was using c. 1814. SA: Agatha of Sicily, Christian saint, d. c.…

Suffrages of the Saints
Saint Agatha, Folio 179r

Agatha was punished for refusing the advances of the Roman governor. She is tied to a column and her breasts are removed by attackers wielding huge clippers ; one attacker raises his knee to brace…

MS Royal 2 B VII, fol. 242r.