St. James Led to His Execution
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Artist | Andrea Mantegna |
Year | c. 1455 |
St. James Led to His Execution was a painting by Andrea Mantegna. It was destroyed on March 11, 1944, when the Ovetari Chapel in Padua was bombed by the Allies during World War II.
The British Museum owns a preparatory drawing for the painting.
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Preparatory drawing for St. James Led to His Execution
Categories:
- Lost paintings
- Paintings by Andrea Mantegna
- Paintings about death
- Christian art about death
- 1450s paintings
- Paintings in Padua
- 15th-century painting stubs