European Painting before 1900, Johnson Collection

Saint Agatha

Panel from a group of probably twelve altarpieces commissioned by Count Gottfried Werner von Zimmern for the church of Messkirch, Baden-Württemberg; related to four other panels in the John G. Johnson Collection, Philadelphia Museum of Art (Cat. 721, 722, 723, 725)

c. 1535-40

Master of Messkirch, German, active 1520 - 1540

Oil and gold on panel
25 7/8 x 9 3/4 inches (65.7 x 24.8 cm)

Currently not on view

Cat. 724