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The Martyrdom of Saints Simon and Jude Thaddeus
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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Simon and Jude Thaddeus are attacked by soldiers with various weapons (sword, axe, halberd); to the left of this scene they are depicted again, Simon with a saw and Jude Thaddeus with an inverted cross in his hand. Below the image: two lines of Latin twice. This print is part of a series of 13 prints of Christ (unnumbered) and the apostles (numbered), more specifically of the tortures they endured.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineHet martelaarschap van Simon en Judas Thaddeüs. 1577 - 1582. Hendrick Goltzius. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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