The Martyrdom of Saint Justina
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The murder weapon is her name. The palm and the sword through the breast are Justina's attributes, so the executioner completes the identification rather than interrupts it.
She had refused to worship Mars, god of war. Her other attribute is a crown, which the Milwaukee Art Museum reads as earthly royalty traded for a saint's. Executioner and onlookers wear contemporary dress; Italy's state catalogue records columns, and hills, trees, a bridge.
Cardinal Leopoldo de' Medici bought it in 1675. The Uffizi records it in the Tribuna until 1769, ninety-four years in the room built to keep Francesco I's jewels.
Sources: Gallerie degli Uffizi object record, published via Google Arts & Culture · Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bartolomeo Montagna, 'Saint Justina of Padua', curatorial entry · Milwaukee Art Museum, 'From the Collection: The Martyrdom of St. Justina of Padua' · Catalogo generale dei Beni Culturali (ICCD/Ministero della Cultura), scheda 0900099769, 'martirio di Santa Giustina', Caliari Paolo detto Paolo Veronese, 1570-1579, Firenze · Gallerie degli Uffizi, 'The Tribune in the Uffizi', museum website
Printed on demand. Public-domain masterwork, reproduced from a 8,024 px master of the original. The whole image is printed — never cropped to fit the sheet — so every sheet carries an archival margin, and the dimensions and resolution listed above are the ones you receive.