Saint Agatha Attended by Saint Peter and an Angel in Prison

ca. 1640-1645 (Baroque)

49.5 cm 35.2 cm 1 cm

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According to an early Christian legend, when a 3rd-century Roman official of Sicily desired the Christian woman Agatha, and she refused to yield to his advances, he had her tortured, and even ordered her breasts cut off. At night in prison, she was visited by a vision of Sain...

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Hood Blackwood, England, mid 18th century [mode of acquisition unknown]; Ann Blackwood Madox (Mrs. E. Madox), England, late 18th century, by gift; Henry Walters, Baltimore, prior to 1909 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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