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The Martyrdom of the Apostles: St. Simon

Jacques Callot

Cleveland Museum of Art

Black and white image of a man being sawn in half on an A-frame platform. The man on the platform wears a loincloth and has his hands tied behind his back. He faces right with his mouth open. The A-frame platform stands on the right side of a large circular room. A railing surrounds the room. People stand on the floor. Two dead bodies on the floor in front of the platform. Two people on the floor to the left appear alive. A curtain hangs on a column to the left. A balcony with people. A figure in the sky. The text at the bottom of the image reads "M. B. Simonis Appos."

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567 × 893 px
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