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Pen and brown ink drawing of a bound, bare-chested man before armored soldiers with a banner, and a kneeling robed figure in the foreground.

The Martyrdom of Saint Paul

A pen and brown wash drawing shows a bare-chested man with his arms tied above his head, standing before a crowd of armored soldiers holding a banner, while a robed figure kneels in the foreground. Stone columns and a distant arch frame the scene, with white highlights modeling the figures.

Artist
Taddeo Zuccaro
Date
ca. 1557–58
Medium
Pen and brown and gray ink, brown wash, over black chalk, heightened with white, on buff paper.
Source
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Size
2816 × 3620 px
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Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1563).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Robert Lehman Collection, 1975

Español: El martirio de San Pablo

Un dibujo a pluma y aguada marrón muestra a un hombre con el torso desnudo y los brazos atados sobre la cabeza, de pie ante una multitud de soldados con armadura que sostienen un estandarte, mientras una figura vestida con túnica se arrodilla en primer plano. Columnas de piedra y un arco lejano enmarcan la escena, con toques de blanco que modelan las figuras.

Português: O martírio de São Paulo

Um desenho a pena e aguada marrom mostra um homem de peito nu com os braços amarrados acima da cabeça, de pé diante de uma multidão de soldados com armadura que seguram um estandarte, enquanto uma figura de manto se ajoelha em primeiro plano. Colunas de pedra e um arco ao fundo emolduram a cena, com realces brancos modelando as figuras.

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