A Martyrdom
About this artwork
Two Roman officers have ordered the unidentified saint and his companion to be beaten to death. They have been brought before the officers by a group of soldiers who witness their martyrdom. The setting is like a stage with a gold backdrop, the doorway on the left and the Romans' seat of judgement serving as symbolic scenery and props. The panel is one of two in the collection, painted originally as part of a predella of five scenes at the base of an altarpiece.
Updated before 2020
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title:A Martyrdom
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date created:About 1350
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materials:Tempera and gold on panel
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measurements:18.60 x 29.60 cm; Framed: 34.00 x 77.60 x 5.00 cm / 7.00 kg
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credit line:Purchased 1921
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accession number:NG 1539 B
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artwork photographed by:Antonia Reeve
Master of the San Lucchese Altarpiece
Master of the San Lucchese Altarpiece
This Italian artist, whose precise identity has not yet been discovered, was named by art historians after an altarpiece once in the church of San Lucchese, Poggibonsi, south of Florence. Other works made in a similar style have been attributed to the same painter. These pictures suggest that he...