Where to See Beato Serapio: Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford

Francisco de Zurbarán painted the Blessed Serapio, a Mercedarian friar martyred by pirates in 1240. The work shows the saint's body suspended after death, rendered with dramatic realism and Zurbarán's mastery of white drapery.

Zurbarán specialized in monastic subjects and saints. This work is at the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford.

A Mercedarian friar martyred by pirates in 1240. Zurbarán painted him in his characteristic austere style You can see it at Wadsworth Atheneum.

You can see it at Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford, United States. Francisco de Zurbarán created it. This work is at the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford..

Blessed Serapion was a 13th-century Mercedarian friar martyred in Algiers. Zurbarán painted this powerful depiction of his martyrdom with stark lighting typical of Spanish Baroque religious painting.

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