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Saint Martina calling down Lightning on the Idols

Saint Martina refused to worship at the Temple of Apollo, which was destroyed when she called down a bolt of lightning. DPG226 is a copy of Cortona's original in the Palazzo Pitti, Florence, probably of the early to mid-1640s.

Not currently on display

Artist
After Pietro da Cortona
Date
1640s
Dimensions
115.3 x 87 cm
Materials
Oil on canvas
Acquisition
Bourgeois Bequest, 1811
Accession number
DPG226