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Francisco de Zurbarán / Saint Agatha

Saint Agatha

1630 · Oil on canvas

Saint Agatha holds, with striking composure, a dish bearing her own severed breasts.

MovementBBaroque
LocationMontpellier, France
Genrereligious art
Dimensions127 × 60 cm

Why it matters

Zurbarán painted the martyr Saint Agatha in the early 1630s. The French town of Montpellier bought it in 1852.

Did you know?

  • It dates from 1630–1633.
  • Montpellier paid 1,540 francs for it.
  • It is in the Musée Fabre in Montpellier.

Based on the Wikipedia article Saint Agatha (Zurbarán) (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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