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dc.contributor.authorSteudl, M.
dc.contributor.authorBirkhart, Anton, 1677-1748
dc.date.accessioned2010-11-22T20:39:46Z
dc.date.available2010-11-22T20:39:46Z
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10713/177
dc.descriptionExact date unknown, but believed to be possibly 18th Century. Depicts Saint Apollonia and two executioners in the act of her martyrdom. One witnessing executioner stands with a lance, while the other one holds dental forceps with an extracted tooth in his right hand. An additional figure peers from the background behind Saint Apollonia's left shoulder. Latin inscriptions beneath the image attribute the work to M. Steudl, artist, and Anto. Birckhart, engraver.en_US
dc.language.isodeen_US
dc.subjectpatroness of dentistryen_US
dc.subject.lcshApollonia, Saint, d. 249--Art
dc.subject.lcshChristian saints in art
dc.titleEngraved German prayer card devoted to Saint Apollonia with Latin inscriptionsen_US
dc.typeImageen_US


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