Museum of medieval torture Stock Photos and Images
RM2WMGGT7–The Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew 1630-1635 by Matthias Stom 1600 -1645 Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp, Belgium, Belgian (Bartholomew was executed in Albanopolis in Armenia, martyred for having converted Polymius, local king, Christianity. Enraged by the monarch's conversion, and fearing a Roman backlash, King Polymius's brother, Prince Astyages, ordered Bartholomew's torture and execution.
RM2WMGGT9–The Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew 1630-1635 by Matthias Stom 1600 -1645 Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp, Belgium, Belgian (Bartholomew was executed in Albanopolis in Armenia, martyred for having converted Polymius, local king, Christianity. Enraged by the monarch's conversion, and fearing a Roman backlash, King Polymius's brother, Prince Astyages, ordered Bartholomew's torture and execution.
RMEGD7CE–Saint Vitus, Anonymous, c. 1500 ( Vitus was a 4th-century Sicilian boy who endured barbaric forms of torture after his conversion to Christianity. The cruellest of these was to be boiled, aged twelve, in a cauldron of oil, resin and pitch. Miraculously, he survived, thanks to his unwavering faith. Depicting Vitus in a cauldron was very popular during the Middle Ages, especially in southern Germany. )
RM2WWRPKK–Martyrdom of Erasmus 1500 by anonymous painter, Museum Mayer van den Bergh, Antwerp, As the patron saint of skippers, the legendary bishop of Antioch was depicted with an attribute of a windlass with anchor rope. Where such things were not known, they were taken as his instrument of torture: the pagans are said to have pulled Erasmus' intestines out of his body with a pulley
RM2WWRPM0–Martyrdom of Erasmus 1500 by anonymous painter, Museum Mayer van den Bergh, Antwerp, As the patron saint of skippers, the legendary bishop of Antioch was depicted with an attribute of a windlass with anchor rope. Where such things were not known, they were taken as his instrument of torture: the pagans are said to have pulled Erasmus' intestines out of his body with a pulley
RM2WWRPKR–Martyrdom of Erasmus 1500 by anonymous painter, Museum Mayer van den Bergh, Antwerp, As the patron saint of skippers, the legendary bishop of Antioch was depicted with an attribute of a windlass with anchor rope. Where such things were not known, they were taken as his instrument of torture: the pagans are said to have pulled Erasmus' intestines out of his body with a pulley
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