Dido, Queen of Carthage

The Martyrdom of Saint Paul by Peter Paul Rubens, modello for a large altarpiece painted for the High Altar of the Church of the Augustinian Priory of Rood Klooster near Brussels

Flemish, c. 1637

oil, with traces of graphite underdrawing on panel, within painted arch

private collection

Salomé with the Head of St. John before Herod by Mattia Preti (called Il Calabrese) 

Italian, c. 1665

oil on canvas

Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister

Last Prayers of the Christian Martyrs by Jean-Leon Gerome

1883

oil on canvas

Walters Art Museum