drawing
- Museum number
- 1973,0915.32
- Description
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St Agatha standing turned to front, her head turned almost to right, holding the martyr's palm in her right hand, and dish containing two breasts in her left
Pen and brown ink and brown wash, over black chalk
- Production date
- 1640-1660 (c)
- Dimensions
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Height: 243 millimetres
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Width: 147 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- The figure type is not dissimilar to those of Zurbarán and the drawing technique is close to works attributed to him and others from his circle illustrated by D. Angulo anbd A.E. Pérez Sánchez, 'A Corpus of Spanish Drawings. Seville 1600-1650', 1985. See especially St Catherine (no.230). See also M.McDonald, 'Renaissance to Goya: Prints and Drawings from Spain', London, 2012, p.133.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1973
- Acquisition notes
- This item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45. The British Museum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1973,0915.32
