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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.
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