Saint Serapion

Saint Serapion or The Martyrdom of Saint Serapion is a 1628 oil painting on canvas by the Spanish artist Francisco Zurbarán (1598–1664). The work was commissioned by the Mercedarian Order to hang in the De Profundis (funerary chapel) hall of their monastery in Seville (now Museum of Fine Arts of Seville). Zurbarán is noted for his portrayals of penitent or martyred monks and saints. Critic Tom Lubbock used this painting to illustrate a difference in the way the martyrdom of two different saints are depicted. He contrasted the understated and calm depiction of St. Serapion's violent death with the equally or more violent death of the Jesuit priest and martyr Saint Edmund Campion (1540–1581) who was publicly hanged, drawn and quartered in London in December 1581. The art critic draws a comparison in the manner of the depiction of Campion's death and that of Saint Serapion of Algiers (11…

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