Death of Saint Barbara Saint Barbara is beheaded on the ground. She was slain by her father Dioscuros, which stands next to her with his heavy d. Several men and two soldiers on horseback watching. In the background a city in a landscape. Top Barbara enthroned on clouds, a palm branch in her lap, the tower with three windows beside her. Airborne cherubs and putti. Barbara is crowned by a putto them with a wreath. Down in the margin a six-line prayer in French. Middle Under the arms of Guillaume Natalis, abbot of the Abbey of St. Laurent. Manufacturer : printmaker Michel Natalis (listed buildin
Death of Saint Barbara Saint Barbara is beheaded on the ground. She was slain by her father Dioscuros, which stands next to her with his heavy d. Several men and two soldiers on horseback watching. In the background a city in a landscape. Top Barbara enthroned on clouds, a palm branch in her lap, the tower with three windows beside her. Airborne cherubs and putti. Barbara is crowned by a putto them with a wreath. Down in the margin a six-line prayer in French. Middle Under the arms of Guillaume Natalis, abbot of the Abbey of St. Laurent. Manufacturer : printmaker Michel Natalis (listed building) dedicated to Guillaume Natalis (listed building) commissioned by Michel Natalis (listed building) Dated: 1620 - 1668 Physical characteristics: engra material: paper Technique: engra (printing process) Measurements: plate edge: h 175 mm × W 126 mm Subject: St. Barbara is Beheaded by re Dioscuros father, who wears Usually a turban and brandishes a scimitar (sword); sometimes Dioscuros is struck by lightningthe virgin martyr Barbara; possible attributes: book, cannon (ball), crown, cross, chalice with wafer Dioscuros (her father), peacock feather, sword, torches, mason's tools, tower - apotheosis, glory, triumph of female saint
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