Frequently asked questions
Which size should I choose?
This work is available in 30 × 40 cm. As a guide: 30 × 40 cm (about 12 × 16 in) for shelves, corners or gallery walls; 50 × 70 cm (about 20 × 28 in) above a dresser, a headboard or a desk; 70 × 100 cm (about 28 × 39 in) as the centrepiece of a living room or the wall above the sofa. Below the buy buttons you can see it to scale above a 2-metre sofa.
Does it come framed?
The print arrives unframed with a white border, ready to frame. If you choose a black or oak frame, it arrives mounted behind acrylic glazing, ready to hang. Canvases come stretched on a wooden frame.
When will it arrive?
Printed to order at the lab closest to your address. It arrives in 4–8 working days in Spain and the EU, and in 6–12 working days in the US, Mexico and other destinations.
What if it arrives damaged?
Email us a photo within 30 days of delivery and we will send you a new one free of charge or refund you.
Can I send it as a gift?
Yes. At checkout you can write a gift message and ship it to the recipient's name and address. The parcel shows no prices.
About the work
- Artist
- Jusepe de Ribera
- Date
- 1639
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 234 x 234 cm
- Collection
- Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid
- Print up to
- 30 × 40 cm
- Reference
- XDV-2986
What the museum label doesn't tell you
Look at the man in the dark turban on the right: finger on his chin, head tilted, studying the twisting body like an anatomy lesson rather than a tragedy. No horror, no pity -just clinical curiosity. Ribera paints suffering with near-scientific precision, which may explain why this canvas hung in royal palaces for centuries under the wrong name. Long catalogued as the martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew, it was only in 1953 that the true subject -Saint Philip- was identified. The saint's name changed, but the agony never needed correcting. Four hundred years, one wrong label, zero loss of truth.
