Death of the Apostle Paul by Sebastiano Ricci

Painting by Italian artist Sebastian Ricci “Death of the Apostle Paul.” Painting size 60 x 92 cm, oil on canvas. The painting was written in collaboration with his nephew, master of landscape painting, Marco Ricci.

The life of the Apostle Paul is a history of continuous missionary journeys, which he tirelessly made all over the world from the depths of Asia to the capital of the world – Rome, and even, according to legend, then to the shores of the Atlantic Ocean, to Spain and Britain.

Thanks to the preaching of the Apostle Paul, centers of Christianity were formed both in Asia and throughout the northern coastal area of the Mediterranean, in which he made many voyages and where he was repeatedly shipwrecked.

The Apostle Paul served his idea with amazing selflessness, neglecting all the difficulties and dangers. The apostle Paul ended his life in Rome, where, according to legend, he was condemned by Nero for beheading, was executed along with the apostle Peter between 64 and 67 AD.