Giovanni di Paolo
St. Agatha

Circa 1470
Panel from an altarpiece
Tempera on wood, gold ground
Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession 32.100.83a–d

St. Agatha is identified by her attributes, a pair of severed breasts and the tool with which they were removed. In this period blond hair is common in images of virgin martyrs.

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Photographed at the museum by Richard Stracke, shared under Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license.