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Female Saint (St Agatha?)
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Female Saint (St Agatha?)

anonymous · c. 1500 - c. 1520 · polychromy; gild; oak (wood)

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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She stands with the right foot slightly forward on a plinth and holds in the left hand a fragment of an open book. Under the kirtle with scalloped neck opening and with sleeves, provided with slits, a thin pleated shirt. From the shoulders hangs the mantle, which is gathered at the arms. Under the skirt of the kirtle the blunt right shoe point and part of the undergarment. Hanging before the waist a sash. The head is missing.

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Credit lineFemale Saint (St Agatha?). c. 1500 - c. 1520. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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