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| Title | St Agnes | |
| Collection | Victoria Art Gallery, Bath | |
| Artist | Spanish School Previously attributed to Ribera Blázquez, José (Spanish painter; 1875-1940) |
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| Date Earliest | probably about 1600 | |
| Date Latest | probably about 1700 | |
| Description | This is a work of modest quality depicting St Agnes half-length, in a portrait-like composition. She holds her emblematic lamb. A landscape background comprises cliffs and distant mountains. | |
| Current Accession Number | BATVG:P:1919.4 | |
| Subject | religion (St Agnes, lamb); animal (lamb); landscape | |
| Measurements | 95.3 x 69 cm.0 cm (estimate) | |
| Material | oil on canvas | |
| Acquisition Details | Bequeathed by Mr Hinton Lewis Castle 1919. | |
| Principal Exhibitions | Bath Assembly Exhibition, Victoria Art Gallery, Bath, 1948. | |
| Publications | Catalogue of Pictures: Exhibition of Pictures in the Possession of the Corporation of the City of Bath, Bath, 1948, p. 23 (as Josef Ribera); Wright, C., Old Master Paintings in Britain: An Index of Continental Old Master Paintings executed before c.1800 in Public Collections in the United Kingdom, London, 1976, p. 171 (as 'Ribera, wrongly attributed'); Sloman, S.,, Victoria Art Gallery: Concise Catalogue of Paintings and Drawings, Bath, 1991, p. 105 (as Spanish School, 17th Century?). | |
| Notes | Mr Castle was resident at Hill House, Upper Swainswick, Bath. The bequest included two further works. | |
| Rights Owner | Victoria Art Gallery, Bath | |
| Author | Dr Susan Steer | |