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Stoning of Saint Stephen by Giovanni Battista Lucini. The account is that the crowd, thus castigated, could contain their anger no longer. [17] However, Stephen looked up and cried, "Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing on the right hand of God." He said that the recently resurrected Jesus was standing by the side of God.
The Stoning of Saint Stephen is the first signed painting by Dutch artist Rembrandt, made in 1625 at the age of 19. [1] One of his earlier works, it is an oil painting on a wood panel and currently exhibited at the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon .
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The Stoning of Stephen has been depicted by countless Greek and Italian painters. Saint Stephen was a protomartyr. He was the first martyr of Christianity. He was stoned to death for following the new faith. The painting is a depiction of that event. [1] [2] [3] The most notable version was completed by Raphael's student Giulio Romano.
The official position taken by the Wikimedia Foundation is that "faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works of art are public domain".This photographic reproduction is therefore also considered to be in the public domain in the United States.
The stoning to death of Stephen, the first Christian martyr, in a painting by the 16th-century Spanish artist Juan Correa de Vivar. In Christianity, a martyr is a person who was killed for their testimony for Jesus or faith in Jesus. [1]
Saint Stephen was the first martyr of Christianity and is considered a protomartyr. The protomartyr was stoned to death for following the Christian faith. The painting is a depiction of that scene. The Stoning of Stephen is a nearly identical copy of Damaskinos's work. The tempera painting is 1/3 smaller than the original masterpiece.
A statue of Saint Stephen stands in a Catholic church in Italy dedicated to the martyr. Saint Stephen's Day is the second day of Christmastide and is celebrated in honour of one of the first Christian martyrs, Saint Stephen, [3] who was stoned to death in 36 AD. [4]