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The Martyrdom of Saint Stephen
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The Martyrdom of Saint Stephen

Jacques Callot · 1608 - 1611 · engraving; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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St. Stephen is stoned with large stones in the vicinity of a city or palace. In the sky appear the Holy Trinity and angels. This print is part of (the second state of) a series of 29 views of paintings and sculptures in churches in Rome, numbered 1-16 and 1-13. (The first state of this series, in which the prints are unnumbered, also includes a title print).

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Credit lineHet martelaarschap van de Heilige Stefanus. 1608 - 1611. Jacques Callot. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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