Raffaello (1483-1520) San Sebastiano (St. Sebastian) c.1502–1503 Tempera and oil on wood, 45.5 x 36.4 cm Accademia Carrara, Bergamo Originally from Urbino and initially active in Perugino‘s workshop, Raphael worked in Siena, perhaps as a collaborator of Pinturicchio, to then establish…
Van Eyck, Jan (c.1390-1441) Saint Barbara 1437 Oil on panel, 32 x 18.2 cm Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp Barbara was the daughter of a nobleman who wanted to hide her away from admirers by locking her up in…
Saint Sixtus Martyr (?-258) Pope Sixtus II (257–258) Sixtus II in Art: Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) San Sisto II c.1481 Cappella Sistina, Vaticano Raffaello (1483-1520) Madonna Sistina 1512–1513 Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden See also: • Martyrs | Popes | Saints
Caravaggio (1571-1610) Martirio di Sant’Orsola (Martyrdom of Saint Ursula) 1610 Oil on canvas, 143 x 180 cm Galleria di Palazzo Zevallos Stigliano, Napoli According to legend, Saint Ursula traveled with eleven thousand virgins to Cologne, where the chief of the Huns besieging…