Rhenish School, The Martyrdom of St. Bartholomew

1370-75
Oil and gold on wood
Pinacoteca Vaticana, Rome

Following a late legend, the saint is being flayed by two men in contemporary dress.

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Photographed at the museum by Richard Stracke, shared under Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license.