Martyrdom and Transportation of St. Christopher, 1447-1456 (ripped fresco)

Martyrdom and Transportation of St. Christopher (Martirio e trasporto di san Cristoforo), by Andrea Mantegna, 1447-1456, 16th Century, ripped fresco Detail. Right side of the fresco portraying in a uniform scenography two episodes of the life of Saint Cristopher, his martyrdom and the transportation of his beheaded body; the lower side of the painting, deeply damaged, represents a group of male figures around the corpse of the saint, painted with huge dimensions, which leg is grabbed by a soldier; the scene is set in a square circumscribed by classical edifices; up on the left, three characters attend to the scene from a window overlooking the square Church of the Eremitani