Pax with the Martyrdom of Saint Barbara

ca. 1480 (Renaissance)

9.5 cm 18.9 cm

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Adapted from an engraving by a German master active about 1450-67 and known only by his initials "E.S.," the relief depicts the saint kneeling in submission to her pagan father as he prepares to behead her due to her refusal to deny her Christian faith. . In the 17th century,...

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Karl Thewalt; Sale, Cologne, November 4, 1903, no. 637; Charles Borradaile, Brighton, by purchase; George Robinson Harding, London, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1912, by purchase;
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