Cornelis CortDutch, 1533–1578Marteling van de H. Agatha
Can I see it?
Unknown
Where is “Marteling van de H. Agatha” now? Collection: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Unknown.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- Source
- The museum
About the work
Museum text in Dutch
De heilige Agatha is aan een boom vastgebonden. Twee mannen snijden met grote scharen haar borsten af. Agatha kijkt naar een engel in de hemel die haar een palmtak komt brengen, het teken van het martelaarschap.
Rijksmuseum
Details
- Accession number
- RP-P-BI-6525
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Rijksmuseum
- Image: Rijksmuseum — public domain
In the life of Cornelis Cort
The whole life1560–1565 · Workplace
Northern Low Countries
1565–1566
Move to Venice, Living in Titian's House
In 1565–1566 Cort lived in Venice in the house of Titian, who immediately recognized his abilities and gave him his finest paintings to reproduce.
1565–1566 · Workplace
Venice
1566–1569 · Workplace
Rome
after 1567
Return to Italy: Venice, Bologna, Rome
Having returned from Italy to the Netherlands, Cort left again for Venice shortly after 1567, and from there traveled to Bologna and Rome, where he engraved after the paintings of the great masters of the time.
1569–1571 · Workplace
Florence
