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Reliefs (appliqués) (Engraving)

Reliefs (appliqués) (Engraving)
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Subject
Religious. Lives of Saints.

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Martyrdom of Saint Agnes
Saint Agnes is stabbed in the throat; soul of the martyred saint carried to heaven by two angels; lamb.
Unidentified scene (possibly saint Agnes raises the son of the prefect of Rome from the dead; he had been struck dead after trying to violate her); two standing female figures; standing saint; devil attacking a corpse (?).


Attribution
Unknown

Provenance
Possibly from the Meyrick collection.


Image

© Bibliothèque des Arts décoratifs, Paris, Collection Maciet. Volume 325/10/115.

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