Rijksmuseum
Saint Agnes
Adriaen van Wesel
- Date
- c. 1470 - c. 1480
- Medium
- oak (wood)
- Culture
- Utrecht
- Institution
- Rijksmuseum
Saint Agnes, who was put to death by the Romans for her Christian faith and thereafter worshipped as a martyr, was depicted by Adriaen van Wesel as a graceful, medieval noblewoman. The lamb at her feet alludes to her having appeared after her death, wearing a golden robe, with a white lamb (agnus, the Latin for lamb) at her side.
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Creator
Adriaen van WeselDutch sculptor · 1417–1490
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