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The Martyrdom of Saint Barbara
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…
The Abduction of Rebecca
Oil on canvas
ФИЛИЦИТАТА КАРФАГЕНСКАЯ, МЦ
(English Translation: "Felicitas Carthage, MC")
Painting from Constantinople/Vatican Library.