Title

St. Agatha, c1635-1645. Creator: Francesco Furini.

Caption

St. Agatha, c1635-1645. The early Christian martyr Agatha was pursued by the consular official of Sicily. She refused him, and the tortures to which he submitted her included cutting off her breasts. They were restored though the divine intervention of St. Peter.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM23B21_349

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NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

54,9Mb (1,6Mb) / 12,9in x 16,5in / 3871 x 4960 (300dpi)

Keywords

Europe portrait Italy Italian women woman people religious arts painting country religion body bodies art museum color profile Sicily Christian Christianity saint Santa Baroque location century breast concept breasts abuse TORTURE santo one person 17th century Sicilian oil Painting Colour martyr seventeenth century martyrdom martyred Oil on canvas tempera TGN St Agatha tortured oil young women young woman St Saint Agatha Saint Agatha Francesco Furini 1630s Baroque Era Furini Francesco torture device Walters Art Museum 1640s Sicily Heritage Art Agatha of Sicily Agatha of Saint Agathe oil and tempera on canvas