# St Agnes and St Jerome [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [UNKNOWN MASTER, Spanish]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Alabaster, painted and gilt, diameter 52 cm \(each\) ## Commentary These roundels may have been part of a larger series, since there is no reason - biblical or historical - to show St Agnes and St Jerome together. The roundels could have been decorations for one of the large retables, or altar shelves, that filled churches during this period, but their sumptuous nature would also have suited a palace. As a medium for sculpture, alabaster was often used in north-eastern Spain, where it was quarried. ## Related artworks - [Adoration of the Magi \(detail\)]() - [Adoration of the Magi]() - [Adoration of the Magi]() - [Altarpiece of the Virgin]() - [Annunciation]() - [Coronation of Mary]() - [Crucifix]() - [Crucifix]() - [Depiction of pilgrims]() - [Doña María de Perea]() - [Don Garcia da Osorio \(detail\)]() - [Don Garcia da Osorio]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()