# Martyrdom of St Erasmus \(detail\)

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## Artwork

- Artist: [BOUTS, Dieric the Elder](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bouts-dieric-the-elder-rd14f14ded1bbd1>)
- Date: 1451-1500
- Technique: Oil on wood

## Commentary

Behind the executioners is a bearded figure, wearing a rich coat of blue and gold brocade trimmed with fur. He surveys the torturers with an attitude that is both simple and dignified. From the way he leans on his stick, you might think he was overseeing some administrative formality. Of the three men with him, only one looks directly towards the scene, while the other two ignore it as if it were an event of no importance.

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- [Adoration of the Magi](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bouts-dieric-the-elder-rd14f14ded1bbd1/adoration-of-the-magi-ra93499ba225ae7>)
- [Altarpiece of the Holy Sacrament](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bouts-dieric-the-elder-rd14f14ded1bbd1/altarpiece-of-the-holy-sacrament-r02bb72eb1a5570>)
- [Altarpiece of the Holy Sacrament](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bouts-dieric-the-elder-rd14f14ded1bbd1/altarpiece-of-the-holy-sacrament-rc3f202e2dc2187>)
- [Christ in the House of Simon](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bouts-dieric-the-elder-rd14f14ded1bbd1/christ-in-the-house-of-simon-ra8523c92ba8090>)
- [Coronation of the Virgin](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bouts-dieric-the-elder-rd14f14ded1bbd1/coronation-of-the-virgin-r13f2f6b45df603>)
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- [Hell](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bouts-dieric-the-elder-rd14f14ded1bbd1/hell-ra891fa74a1dc8a>)
- [Martyrdom of St Erasmus \(central panel\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bouts-dieric-the-elder-rd14f14ded1bbd1/martyrdom-of-st-erasmus-central-panel-rf9b9592de73c1d>)
- [Martyrdom of St Erasmus \(left wing\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bouts-dieric-the-elder-rd14f14ded1bbd1/martyrdom-of-st-erasmus-left-wing-r43f2ee3dfe7b5b>)
- [Martyrdom of St Erasmus \(right wing\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bouts-dieric-the-elder-rd14f14ded1bbd1/martyrdom-of-st-erasmus-right-wing-rf9fc5075cfe4cc>)
- [Martyrdom of St Erasmus \(triptych\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bouts-dieric-the-elder-rd14f14ded1bbd1/martyrdom-of-st-erasmus-triptych-r7fd64f3d388b32>)
- [Martyrdom of St Erasmus \(triptych\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bouts-dieric-the-elder-rd14f14ded1bbd1/martyrdom-of-st-erasmus-triptych-rca3d8aa927db39>)

## Attribution

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