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Object Type
print
Museum number
1869,0410.1574
Description
Church martyrs, with in the foreground St Cecilia standing in a cauldron of boiling water; beyond, the beheading of Sts Urban, Valerian, Tibertius and Maximus, and in the distance the ship taking St Pontian into exile; after the fresco executed in San Stefano Rotondo by Niccolò Circignani Engraving
Producer name
Print made by:
Monogrammist MP
After:
Niccolò Circignani
School/style
Italian
Production date
1580-1630
(c)
Materials
paper
Technique
engraving
Dimensions
Height:
268 millimetres
Width:
171 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
See 1869,0410.1561 for comment.
Location
Not on display
Subjects
christian saint/martyr
Associated names
Representation of:
St Cecilia
Representation of:
Pope Urban I (St Urban)
Representation of:
St Valerian
Representation of:
St Tiburtius
Representation of:
St Maximus
Associated with:
Pope Pontian (St Pontian)
Associated places
Associated with:
Rome
(S. Stefano Rotondo)
Topographic representation of:
Colosseum
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
José de Salamanca y Mayol, Marquis of Salamanca
Purchased through:
Sotheby's
(24-7.ii.1869/435)
Purchased through:
Edward Daniell
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
José de Madrazo
Acquisition date
1869
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1869,0410.1574