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Saint Eulampia and Her Brother Being Boiled Alive in Oil and the Torture of Saint Rufina of Rome
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Two scenes on a plate. Above: St. Eulampia and St. Eulampius in a large cauldron of boiling oil. Spectators watch their execution around the cauldron. Three executioners stoke the fire beneath the cauldron. Below: St. Rufina tied to a pillar, whipped by executioners. In the background her sister, St. Secunda, asks the judge to be tortured as well.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineHeilige Eulampia en haar broer worden levend in olie gekookt en de marteling van de heilige Rufina van Rome. 1700. Jan Luyken. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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