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This is the central panel of the Altar piece of Saint Dominic, brought -with three other paintings in the Prado (P-609, P-610 and P-615)- from the Convent of Santo Tomás in Ávila, the he [+]
The painting is the central panel of the altarpiece of Saint Peter Martyr from the Convent of Santo Tomás in Avila, together with four other panels in the Museum (P-611-614). The saint is ident [+]
Falsely accused of witchcraft, the Saint, kneeling and elevated from the floor, complains before the image of Christ about having to suffer for him in spite of being innocent. The crucified Christ rep [+]
On a portable rostrum, Saint Dominic and six other judges preside over the auto-da-fe in which some Albigensian heretics are being judged, representing a well-known episode in his biography. Beside hi [+]
The scene takes place during a trial presided by Saint Dominic in Milan against a heretic bishop, identified by his mitre. Seated next to the portable pulpit set up in a square, the prelate promises t [+]
In the Middle Ages, the “trial by fire” was used as a means of establishing the truth; miracles thus prevailed over rational arguments. Here, one of Saint Dominic’s books is placed in the fire togethe [+]
The scene of the Adoration of the Magi, which begins with the depiction of the eldest Magus presenting his offering to the Christ Child (P125), is completed with this second one in which the other two [+]
Inside a church, the levitating Saint Dominic raises his right hand to bless Napoleone Orsini, who had died after falling from his horse, visible through the doorway on the left. At the same time, his [+]
This is one of a set of panels (P00611, P00612, P00614 y P00617) from Saint Thomas in Avila, where they were very likely part of an altarpiece dedicated to Saint Peter, the Martyr of Verona. It origin [+]
This composition, together with the one that completes the episode, showing the other two Magi (P126), was painted to cover the doors of an organ, probably the one in the church of Santo Tomás [+]
According to the Golden Legend by Jacopo de Voragine, the lamps hung by the devout next to the saint’s tomb light themselves. The painter represents just one lamp which is miraculously lit by a ray of [+]
