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| Keywords: Alessandro Turchi - Saint Agatha Attended by Saint Peter and an Angel in Prison - Walters 37552.jpg According to an early Christian legend when a 3rd-century Roman official of Sicily desired the Christian woman Agatha and she refused to yield to his advances he had her tortured and even ordered her breasts cut off At night in prison she was visited by a vision of Saint Peter and an angel and her breasts were miraculously restored The gray stone of the prison wall was created by letting the slate show through and it forms a background for the night scene illuminated by a torch As opposed to canvas and wood slate gave a painting almost unlimited durability and the same kind of permanence as sculpture ca 1640 1645 Baroque oil slate Painted surface H 13 11/16 x W 19 1/2 x Approx D 5/16 in 34 7 x 49 5 x 0 8 cm accession number 37 552 4579 Hood Blackwood England mid 18th century mode of acquisition unknown Ann Blackwood Madox Mrs E Madox England late 18th century by gift Henry Walters Baltimore prior to 1909 mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters before 1909 Transcription On wooden backing which holds the picture int he frame This picture is the property of Anne Hood Blackwood given by her father Hood Blackwood April ye 18th 178- now Mrs E Madox 1791; Inscriptions On wooden backing are severl labels which tell the legend of St Agatha Going for Baroque The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1995-1996 Alessandro Turchi detto l'Orbetto 1578-1649 Museo di Castelvecchio Verona 1999 place of origin Rome Italy Zeri Italian paintings in the Walters Art Gallery 315 443-444 Walters Art Museum license 2D Baroque paintings in the Walters Art Museum 17th-century paintings of angels with humans Alessandro Turchi L'Orbetto Paintings of Saint Agatha of Sicily Paintings of Saint Peter in Italy Italian paintings in the Walters Art Museum Oil on slate Paintings of angels in the United States 17th-century religious paintings in the United States | ||||
