Saint Januarius Emerges Unscathed from the Furnace

The painting

Saint Januarius Emerges Unscathed from the Furnace is an oil on copper painting by Jusepe de Ribera, commissioned in 1643 and completed three years later. It is now in the Royal Chapel of the Treasure of St. Januarius in Naples Cathedral. It shows a legend relating to Naples' patron saint Januarius, shown as a bishop.

Sources

C. Guerra in M. Gualandi, Pitture della cappella del tesoro di San Gennaro, nella Cattedrale di Napoli, in "Memorie originali di Belle Arti", serie V, n. 178, 1844

Jusepe de Ribera

Paintings

Deposition of Christ (early 17th century)
Saint Andrew (early 17th century)
Saint Jerome and the Angel of Judgement (1626)
Drunken Silenus (1626)
The Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew (1630-1640)
Maddalena Ventura with Her Husband and Son (1631)
Ixion (1632)
Tityos (1632)
Pietá (1633)
The Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew (1634)
Women Gladiators (1636)
Aristotle (1637)
Apollo and Marsyas (1637)
Pietá (1637)
Jacob's Dream (1639)
The Martyrdom of Saint Philip (1639)
Saint Peter in Penitence (c. 1630s)
Saint Mary of Egypt (1641)
The Clubfoot (1642)
The Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew (1644)
Saint Januarius Emerges Unscathed from the Furnace (1646)
Adoration of the Shepherds (c. 1650)

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