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Description: | This painting depicts the martyrdom of a saint in a church; the subject is probably the martyrdom of Saint Matthew. The saint is shown in the left foreground before an altar. An angel descends with a martyr's palm and crown while the saint is attacked from behind with spears. The horror of the event is conveyed through the gestures of the people behind the saint who had been attending mass. The gestures and the composition of the figures effectively focus our attention on the saint. The painting would have been created as an altarpiece. | Subjects: | religion (martyrdom St Matthew?); figure saint | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Italian School Æ Attributed to | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8901... | Go to resource |
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