The Ten Thousand Martyrs (painting)

The Ten Thousand Martyrs is an oil on panel painting by Pontormo, executed c. 1529-1530, produced for the monks of Florence's Spedale degli Innocenti and now in the city's Galleria Palatina.[1] It shows the martyrdom of the eponymous martyrs alongside Saint Maurice. A copy of the left hand side of the work in the Uffizi is attributed to a young Bronzino.[2]

The Ten Thousand Martyrs (c. 1529-1530) by Pontormo

References
  1. "Catalogue entry".
  2. (in Italian) Elisabetta Marchetti Letta, Pontormo, Rosso Fiorentino, Scala, Firenze 1994. ISBN 88-8117-028-0
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