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Christ in a similar position to Saint Agatha by Sebastiano
Figure study for Saint Agatha by Sebastiano
black chalk and white heightening on blue prepared paper
Torso of Parian marble figure of Aphrodite.
Hellenistic
Height: Height: 28 centimetres
Excavated/Findspot: Fayum, el- (historic)
Africa: Egypt: Fayum, el- (historic)
Height: Height: 28 centimetres
Excavated/Findspot: Fayum, el- (historic)
Africa: Egypt: Fayum, el- (historic)
Drawing of a statue of Venus torso
Torso of a statue of Venus, seen from the front. Mid-1520s
Black chalk.
Black chalk.
The Martyrdom of Saint Agatha
oil painting
Queen Mary Psalter
MS Royal 2 B VII, fol. 242r.
Belles Heures de Jean de France, duc de Berry
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…
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…
Mastectomy
Illustration shows the excision of a cancerous growth from a woman's breast, an operation which Hanaoka Seishu first carried out in 1804 using general anasthetic
Kamata Keishu, a pupil of the renowned surgeon Hanaoka Seishu (1760 - 1835),…
Kamata Keishu, a pupil of the renowned surgeon Hanaoka Seishu (1760 - 1835),…
Mediaeval torturers torture a gout-sufferer; representing the view attributed to Fabricius von Hilden that gout could be cured by torture.
1 print : half-tone, printed in colour ; image 14.8 x 12.3 cm.
La torture est-elle bonne pour les goutteux?... Page 5. de Losques. Éditée par la "Pipérazine Midy"
La torture est-elle bonne pour les goutteux?... Page 5. de Losques. Éditée par la "Pipérazine Midy"