S. Agatha
Dublin Core
Title
S. Agatha
Description
The martyr tied to a column, two men on either side shearing her breasts, an angel holding a laurel above her in top left corner
Engraving
Height: Height: 155 millimetres
Width: Width: 98 millimetres
Inscription content: Signed in lower left corner of impression: "R. Sadeler excudit.". Titled and lettered in Latin in lower margin, in four lines: "S. Agatha" and "cernis, vt alternus ... / ... ne latex.". Inscribed on sheet in pen and ink at upper right "88".
Engraving
Height: Height: 155 millimetres
Width: Width: 98 millimetres
Inscription content: Signed in lower left corner of impression: "R. Sadeler excudit.". Titled and lettered in Latin in lower margin, in four lines: "S. Agatha" and "cernis, vt alternus ... / ... ne latex.". Inscribed on sheet in pen and ink at upper right "88".
Source
British Museum
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1863-0509-726
Purchased from: Molini (& Green)
1863
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1863-0509-726
Purchased from: Molini (& Green)
1863
Publisher
Published by: Raphael Sadeler I
Flemish
Flemish
Date
1575-1632
Contributor
Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700 (undescribed)
Collection
Citation
“S. Agatha,” European Mastectomy, accessed May 24, 2026, https://european-mastectomy.artinterp.org/items/show/26.