Saint Agatha. Engraving by J. Coelemans, 1706, after G.F. Barbieri, il Guercino, 16--.

  • Guercino, 1591-1666.
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[1706]
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749886i
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Recueil d'estampes d'après les tableaux des peintres les plus célèbres d'Italie, des Pays-Bas et de France, qui sont à Aix dans le cabinet de M. Boyer d'Aguilles
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Saint Agatha. Engraving by J. Coelemans, 1706, after G.F. Barbieri, il Guercino, 16--. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Saint Agatha suffered martyrdom by having her breasts cut off with hot shears. Here she clutches her mutilated breasts as an angel approaches her with an ointment jar. "Sainte Agathe visitée dans la prison par un ange, qui lui apporte des médicamens pour guérir son sein qu'on lui a abbatu, & qu'elle couvre d'un linge. De grands clairs opposés à de grandes masses d'ombres produisent un bel effet de clair-obscur dans ce tableau, et développent le vrai caractere du Guerchin" -- Mariette, op. cit., p. 4

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[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1706]

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1 print : engraving ; platemark 36.2 x 27.7 cm

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Sancta Agatha, virgo martyr. Le Golchin pinxit ; Iac. Coelemans sculpsit 1706

References note

John Gash, 'Bartolomeo Manfredi's St John the Baptist and its mezzotint', Print quarterly, 2016, 33: 11-18 (on the prints by Coelemans for Boyer d'Aguilles)

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Wellcome Collection 749886i

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"Le Golchin": meaning Le Guerchin, or Guercino

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