The Martyrdom of Saint Andrew is a 1675-1682 oil on canvas painting by Murillo, now in the Museo del Prado. [1]
Its tone is heavily influenced by the work of Peter Paul Rubens, particularly his own depiction of the same subject, [2] and de Ribera's The Martyrdom of Saint Philip . [3]
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