Saint Peter Martyr. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after G.F. Barbieri, il Guercino.

Guercino, 1591-1666.

Reference:: 25604i

Part of:: La Pinacoteca della Pontificia Accademia delle Belle Arti in Bologna

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Saint Peter Martyr was a Dominican friar who zealously hunted down heretics. He was murdered in a forest by two assassins hired by Venetian Catharists. He is shown with a martyr's palm; a chipped sword lies on the ground below. In the background a man is fleeing (presumably an assassin)