Download hi-res imageTITLEThe Martyrs Cecilia, Valerian and Tiburtius AUTHOROrazio Gentileschi DATE1606 - 7 OBJECT TYPE AND MATERIALOil on canvas DIMENSIONScm 350 x 218 INVENTORY107 ROOMXXIX Work on display
This painting, signed on the base of the organ, is one of the most Caravaggesque works by this artist who met and associated with Caravaggio in Rome and who also saw the Death of the Virgin now in the Louvre, a composition which he echoes here in the large red curtain. The scene shows an angel appearing to Cecilia and her husband Valerian, a convert to Christianity, bearing a wreath of flowers symbolising marriage but also a palm alluding to martyrdom. The groom’s brother Tiburtius looks on.
Download hi-res imageTITLEThe Martyrs Cecilia, Valerian and Tiburtius AUTHOROrazio Gentileschi DATE1606 - 7 OBJECT TYPE AND MATERIALOil on canvas DIMENSIONScm 350 x 218 INVENTORY107 ROOMXXIX Work on display
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The Martyrs Cecilia, Valerian and Tiburtius
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