Ancient Painting Depicting St. Agnes Oil on Canvas

Features

Artwork title:  Santa Agnese

Artistic school:  Central-Italian school

Age:  17th Century / 1601 - 1700

Subject:  Figures of Saints

Artistic technique:  Painting

Technical specification:  Oil on Canvas

Description : Santa Agnese

Oil painting on canvas. Central Italian school of the seventeenth century. According to the Latin tradition, Agnes was a noble belonging to the gens Claudia who suffered martyrdom during the persecution of Christians under Diocletian at the age of 12. The young saint is often depicted with a lamb in her arms: according to tradition, this iconographic attribute derives from the assonance with her name, which means "pure", "chaste". Also in this painting Agnes appears as a young woman holding a white lamb in her arms; his complexion and the animal's fleece shine with light against the dark background, where the red of the tunic also stands out, which evokes the blood of martyrdom. The painting, restored and relined, is presented in a period frame.

Product Condition:
Product in good condition, shows small signs of wear. We try to present the real state as fully as possible with photos. If some details are not clear from the photos, what is reported in the description will prevail.

Frame Size (cm):
Height: 103
Width: 87
Depth: 7

Artwork dimensions (cm):
Height: 87
Width: 71