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St Agatha standing between two trees, her right arm raised and tied to a third tree in the middle, her breasts have been cut off
Engraving
Height: Height: 83 millimetres
Width: Width: 49 millimetres
Inscription content: Signed on plate with a…

St Agatha tied to a tree with her left arm raised; a landscape at her right; copy in reverse after Marcantonio
Etching and engraving
Height: Height: 64 millimetres
Width: Width: 38 millimetres
Inscription content: Collector's initials 'JB' in pen…

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…

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.)

engraving

woodcut

Below, to the left: Sadler excud./ M de Vos figura.
lower margin: Tormentis AGATHA .../ ... Relligione nequit.
After a lost drawing by Maarten de Vos.

plate mark: 174 x 128 mm

De H. Agatha, knielend naar rechts, met haar attributen. Op de achtergrond worden haar borsten met twee grote scharen afgesneden, terwijl een engel haar kroont met een lauwerkrans. De eerste prent van een zeventiendelige serie met vrouwelijke…