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Categories Agatha, Agnes of Rome, Gallery, Lucy of Syracuse (Sicily)
Lucy
Mary, Elizabeth
On this altarpiece, Mary is central, seated on a throne and nursing the baby Jesus while being surrounded by angels that appear to be singing and making music. The top section of the altarpiece features several female saints. Agatha is depicted on the top left, holding her breasts on a plate in her left hand, and a palm branch and shears in her right hand. It is thought the next figure is Barbara, who is often shown with a tower. Lucy is standing, holding a lamp in her left hand. Agnes stands holding the leash of a lamb with her left hand, and her right hand holds a book.

Title of Art:

Altar of Don Alvaro de Luna

Subjects: Central Figures: Mary and Jesus, James. Top row: Agatha, Barbara, Lucy, Agnes. Bottom row: the four Evangelists

Subject Century: 1st, 3rd, 4th

Ritual Pose/Object: breasts, palm branch, shears, tower, lamp, lamb, book

Artist: Maestro de San Ildefonso y Sancho de Zamora

Art Form: Altarpiece

Date of Composition: 1488

Exhibit Institution: Catedral Primada de Toledo, Capilla de Santiago

Exhibit Location: Toledo, Spain

VM Image #: 0188

Photographer: Maija Pulliam

Date of Photograph: August 29, 2023

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