# The Martyrdom of St Serapion

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## Artwork

- Artist: [ZURBARÁN, Francisco de](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/zurbarn-francisco-de-r77ca2ee6c5121d>)
- Date: 1601-1650
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 120 x 104 cm

## Commentary

This painting was commissioned by the The Mercedarian Order to hang in the De Profundis \(funerary chapel\) hall of their monastery in Seville \(now Museum of Fine Arts of Seville\). St Serapion of Algiers \(1179-1240\) was a Mercedarian friar who fought in the Third Crusade of 1196 and was later martyred.

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## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)