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  • Collection: Renaissance and Early Modern Art

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A tempera on wood painting of Mary and saints Perpetua and Felicitas

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Painting of the suicide of Roman philosopher Seneca. Painted by Manuel Domínguez Sánchez in 1871. The painting is held at the Museo Nacional del Prado in Madrid, Spain.

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Saint Sebastian (died c. 288) was an early Christian saint and martyr. According to Christian belief, he was killed during the Roman emperor Diocletian's persecution of Christians. He is commonly depicted in art and literature tied to a post or tree…

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Commiato dei santi Pietro e Paolo, Messina Museo Regionale (Description from

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An etching depicting the deaths of Felicitas and her seven sons.

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There is one gladiator standing over another fallen gladiator. The crowds signals to the gladiator to kill his opponent.

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The martyrdom of St Catherine who kneels facing left, the Emperor Maxentius is in the upper right and an angel with a sword and a cross occurs in the upper left. Description from: The British Museum,…
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