Sant'Agata

Features

Artwork title:  Sant'Agata

Age:  17th Century / 1601 - 1700

Subject:  Figures of Saints

Artistic technique:  Painting

Technical specification:  Oil on Copper

Description : Sant'Agata

Oil on copper. The young saint, virgin and martyr, born and lived in the third century AD. in Catania, of which she is patroness, she is remembered iconographically for the torture she was subjected to: after many other tortures, she was subjected to violent tearing of the breasts, using pincers, Tradition indicates that in the night she was visited by St. Peter, who he reassured her by bringing her comfort and miraculously healed her wounds, and this is the scene represented here. The picture is presented in a frame from the late 1800s - early 1900s, with carved decorations and paintings on the inside.

Product Condition:
Product in good condition, with small signs of wear.

Frame Size (cm):
Height: 33
Width: 28
Depth: 4

Artwork dimensions (cm):
Height: 23
Width: 18