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| Keywords: Garotte - Excerpt from Pedro Berruguete - Saint Dominic Presiding over an Auto-da-fe.jpg Saint Dominic presiding over an Auto da fe detail From the sacristy of the Santo Tomás church in Ávila other date ~ 1495 Oil on wood cm 154 92 Institution Prado object history credit line Representations of an auto da fe often depict torture or someone being burnt at the stake The two victims in the lower right tied to the two posts are resting on two stakes driven horizontally into the posts behind them meant to prolong their deaths by staving off suffocation by the ropes or garrotes wrapped around their necks Another likely purpose of these stakes was possibly a means of further shaming and humiliating the victims due to their apparently intentional resemblance to the human male anatomy The two victims on the posts await their deaths as the pile of ignited firewood before them is fed and fueled sufficiently to attain the desired result The two victims standing in line await their own turns next on the posts All of these victims are Cathars allegedly St Dominic's primary targets Some defenders of St Dominic dispute the likelihood that the saint ever acted as an inquisitor Painted in the late 1400's it depicts an episode in the life of St Dominic from nearly 300 years earlier In Pedro Berruguete's 15th century Spain auto da fe's were still a fairly routine and commonplace event and thus many elements of the painting most probably portray one or more real life events as directly witnessed by the artist himself Note what may have been a slight form of protest by the artist in his decision to place a few sleeping or drowsy attendants in the work Later during the Protestant Reformation this painting was used for anti-Catholic propaganda A very high definition file of the painting is available at the http //www museodelprado es/en/the-collection/what-to-see/3-hours-in-the-museum/obra/saint-dominic-presides-over-an-auto-da-fe/ Prado site Also by clicking on the file several times it will enlarge significantly accession number catalog number P00618 http //www museodelprado es/en/the-collection/what-to-see/3-hours-in-the-museum/obra/saint-dominic-presides-over-an-auto-da-fe/ PD-old-100 Pedro_Berruguete_Saint_Dominic_Presiding_over_an_Auto-da-fe_1495 jpg cropped GDK Pedro_Berruguete_Saint_Dominic_Presiding_over_an_Auto-da-fe_1495 jpg Execution by burning Torture in art 1490s paintings Saint Dominic Presiding over an Auto-da-fe Cathars Renaissance paintings in the Prado Museum 15th-century oil on panel paintings in Spain Garrote Men's underwear in art | ||||
