Nicolaas van der Veken1637
Saint Agnes
Can I see it?
Unknown
Where is “Saint Agnes” now? Collection: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Unknown.
Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- Source
- The museum
About the sculpture
The ring this young woman holds identifies her as the martyr Agnes of Rome, who died in 254. It symbolizes her betrothal to Christ. After her gruesome martyrdom, she appeared to her parents with this ring and a lamb. The animal refers to Christ (the ‘Lamb of God’) and is also a play on Agnes' name: the word agnus in Latin means lamb.
Rijksmuseum
Details
- Accession number
- BK-2020-21
In the catalog
Sources
- Rijksmuseum
- Image: Rijksmuseum — public domain
