Saint Agnes (one of a pair)

Diego de Tiedra

mid-16th century · Alabaster, painted and gilt · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Agnes's attribute, the lamb, symbolized her purity and is also a pun on her name (the Latin word agnus means "lamb").

Artist

Diego de Tiedra

Date

mid-16th century

Medium

Alabaster, painted and gilt

Culture

Spanish, possibly Aragon

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1934