The Beheading of St. Bartholomew

Pietro di Giovanni d'Ambrogio's Beheading of Saint Bartholomew, painted around 1435 for the Louvre, depicts the apostle's martyrdom by flaying and beheading. Pietro's treatment of this violent subject reflects the Sienese tradition of combining decorative refinement with narrative directness Egg tempera on panel was the dominant technique of the period, demanding careful layer-by-layer construction and patient craftsmanship It is now held at The Louvre in Paris, one of the world's largest and m

The martyrdom scene is organized with clear narrative structure, the execution rendered with the precise drawing and luminous color palette characteristic of the mid-fifteenth-century Sienese school.