# Saint Romanus of Antioch and Saint Barulas, in The Rotunda

Francisco de Zurbarán painted this in 1638, aged 40. It is now at the Art Institute of Chicago.

From the museum's label:

> Francisco de Zurbarán created this painting for a church in Seville, Spain, dedicated to Saint Romanus of Antioch. Here, Romanus holds up his own tongue, torn out by his tormentors, and grasps a massive book inscribed with a prayer for the faithful.

_Text from the Art Institute of Chicago._

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## The work

- Date: 1638
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 246.5 × 185.4 cm (97 1/16 × 73 in.)
- Type: Painting
- Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1947.793
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Francisco de Zurbarán](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/francisco-de-zurbaran), Spanish, 1598–1664

Zurbarán worked chiefly in Seville, where religious orders commissioned him to paint cycles for their monasteries. His saints and monks, set against dark grounds and modelled with strong, sculptural light, combine austerity with close attention to the textures of cloth and wood.

4 works in the collection.

## Walk on

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