This companion work to the Martyrdom of Saint Apollonia (P214) illustrates the subsequent episode, when, after violently pulling out her teeth, her torturers light a bonfire and threaten to burn her alive unless she exactly repeats their impious utterances. Instead, Apollonia prefers to throw herself onto the fire. Here, we see the moment when, in a state of ecstasy, with arms crossed over her bosom, she looks up to the heavens to received a crown and the martyrs’ palm frond that symbolize salvation. Her customary attribute, pliers with one of her teeth, appear at her side. While this is an early work, it already prefigures the sweet, serene female characters that contributed to the artist’s popularity and were widely copied (Text from La Belleza Cautiva. Pequeños tesoros del Museo del Prado, Museo Nacional del Prado, Obra Social la Caixa, 2014, p. 97).