Footed Plate with Saint Emygdius (?), Bishop and Martyr

mid 18th century (Baroque)

30.3 cm 5.8 cm

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The central circular medallion of this footed plate or salver depicts Saint Emygdius, a bishop and martyr who was killed during the persecution of Diocletian (244-312 CE). During the eighteenth century, Emygdius became the patron saint of the town of Ascoli and guardian agains...

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Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome [no. 415]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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