The Martyrdom of Saint Barbara

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Title

The Martyrdom of Saint Barbara

Subject

Martyred a woman named Saint Barbara.

Description

According to legend, Saint Barbara was executed by her heathen father, Dioscorus, when she refused to recant her Christian faith. Luxuriously dressed, she seems here to calmly accept her fate as she kneels before Dioscorus, who raises his sword to behead her. Description from The Metropolitan Museum of Art

http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online

Creator

Lucas Cranach the Elder (German, Kronach 1472–1553 Weimar)

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online

Publisher

Rogers Fund, 1957

Date

ca. 1510

Contributor

Iyana Sherman

Format

Oil on linden

Type

photograph

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Original Format

painting

Physical Dimensions

Overall 60 3/8 x 54 1/4 in. (153.4 x 137.8 cm); painted surface 59 3/8 x 53 1/8 in. (150.8 x 134.9 cm)

Files

DP159770.jpg

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Citation

Lucas Cranach the Elder (German, Kronach 1472–1553 Weimar), “The Martyrdom of Saint Barbara,” Perpetua and Felicitas Exhibit, accessed May 3, 2024, https://perpetua-felicitas.carrieschroeder.org/items/show/62.

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