murillo martyrdom saint andrew Dimensions (inches):30 x 40" creating harmonious contrasts

creating harmonious contrasts

but strict in the Judeo-Christian symbolic canon

in the new gallery of contemporary artists that would open in Paris: the Luxembourg Museum

This painting is currently located at the Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo

murillo martyrdom saint andrew Dimensions (inches):30 x 40" creating harmonious contrastsThis work depicts the death of the Apostle Andrew, considered one of the fathers of both the Catholic and Orthodox churches. The martyrdom took place in the Greek city of Patras, where his crucifixion (in the shape of an X) was ordered by the Roman consular delegate Aegeates, who was not only a witness to the preaching of Saint Andrew and the conversions to Christianity that resulted from it but also saw his own wife declare herself a Christian, a