Artist: Jusepe De Ribera, José De Ribera, Josep De Ribera, Lo Spagnoletto
Date: 1644
Size: 1530 x 2020 cm
Museum: Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya (Barcelona, Spain)
Technique: Oil On Canvas
The painting illustrates martyrdom and physical torment. The almost naked apostle Bartholomew looks at us helplessly, while a sadistic drunken executioner delightedly flays him. On the ground, a classical sculpture, which has been identified as the god Baldach, and in the background two priests, their heads covered, are witnesses to the torture. The painting follows the text by Jacobus de Voragine in the
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