Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Le Martyre de saint Symphorien (The Martyrdom of Saint Symphorien) 1865 Oil on canvas, 36.7 x 31.6 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia Ingres here depicts Saint Symphorien, a Roman Christian of the second or third century,…
Guercino (1591-1666) Studio per Il Martirio di San Bartolomeo (Study for “The Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew”) c.1635–1636 Red chalk on cream laid paper, 37.6 x 28.5 cm Clark Art Institute, Williamstown
Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) Martirio di San Pietro (Martyrdom of St. Peter) 16th century Oil on canvas, 34.3 x 24 cm Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires
Guercino (1591-1666) Martirio di santa Caterina (Martyrdom of St Catherine) 1653 Oil on canvas, 222.5 x 159 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479) San Sebastiano (St. Sebastian) c.1478 Oil on canvas transferred from wood, 171 x 85.5 cm Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden Antonello da Messina set the martyrdom of St. Sebastian in Venice, as can be seen from the waterways…
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…
Caravaggio (1571-1610) Crocifissione di Sant’Andrea (The Crucifixion of Saint Andrew) 1606–1607 Oil on canvas, 202.5 x 152.7 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Although Saint Andrew is typically associated with an X-shaped cross, here he is depicted on a standard vertical cross.…
Caravaggio (1571-1610) Martirio di San Matteo (Martyrdom of Saint Matthew) 1599–1600 Oil on canvas 323 x 342 cm Cappella Contarelli, San Luigi dei Francesi, Roma