Caravaggio - Martyrdom of Saint Ursula 1610
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Martyrdom of Saint Ursula 1610
106x179cm oil/canvas
Palazzo Zevallos Stigliano, Naples, Italy
The image is only being used for informational and educational purposes
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According to one version of the legend of Saint Ursula, she and her eleven thousand virgin companions, were captured by the Huns. The eleven thousand virgins were slaughtered, but the king of the Huns was overcome by Ursula's modesty and beauty and begged her forgiveness if only she would marry him. Ursula replied that she would not, upon which the king transfixed her with an arrow.