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CARAVAGGIO: The Martyrdom of St Ursula

🖼 The Martyrdom of St Ursula, 1610
Oil on canvas
154 × 178 cm
Naples, Italy

Violent action erupts as an archer's arrow pierces Saint Ursula, her body twisted in dramatic light against shadowed companions. Caravaggio captures the saint's final moment with psychological intensity, revolutionizing religious art through intimate brutality and emotional immediacy rather than idealized composure.

Caravaggio
Caravaggio
Sebastian Schütze
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