Paolo Rossetti and Federico Zuccari
Saints Praxedes and Pudentiana Burying the Martyrs

Late 16th or early 17th century
Oil
Caetani Chapel
Basilica of St. Pudentiana, Rome

Martyr's crowns await the sisters as one cleans a severed head with well water while the other sponges a martyr's body. In the distant background two men are bringing them yet another body. In the foreground is a jar into which the sister will squeeze the blood from the sponge, as is made more clear in the Vermeer Praxedes.

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