Saint Januarius in the Amphitheatre at Pozzuoli

Saint Januarius in the Amphitheatre at Pozzuoli

Artist	Artemisia Gentileschi
Year	1636-1637
Medium	oil on canvas
Movement	Baroque
Dimensions	200 cm × 300 cm (79 in × 120 in)
Location	Museo di Capodimonte, Naples

Saint Januarius in the Amphitheatre at Pozzuoli is a 1636-1637 oil on canvas painting by Artemisia Gentileschi. The work shows Januarius and his followers being thrown to a hungry group of bears and lions in the amphitheatre in Pozzuoli - however, they lick the saint's feet rather than eating him and he is eventually killed with a sword instead.

Along with Saints Proculus and Nicea and Adoration of the Magi, it was commissioned from her for the choir of Pozzuoli Cathedral - she was then based in nearby Naples. Some art historians believe the details of the amphitheatre in the background were painted by one of Gentileschi's collaborators from Rome. The work is now in the Museo di Capodimonte in Naples.

Artemisia Gentileschi

Paintings

1610s	Susanna and the Elders (Pommersfelden) Madonna and Child (Galleria Spada) Cleopatra (Private Collection 1) Judith Beheading Holofernes (Naples) Danae Madonna and Child (Uffzi) Portrait of a Nun Allegory of Inclination Judith and her Maidservant (Pitti Palace) Self-Portrait as a Lute Player Self-Portrait as a Female Martyr Self-Portrait as Saint Catherine of Alexandria Mary Magdalene Saint Catherine of Alexandria
1620s	Cleopatra (Milan) Jael and Sisera Saint Cecilia Allegory of Painting Judith Slaying Holofernes (Florence) Mary Magdalene as Melancholy (Mexico City) Susanna and the Elders (Stamford) Portrait of a Gonfaloniere Aurora Lucretia (Milan) Penitent Magdalene Judith and Her Maidservant (Detroit) Sleeping Venus Esther before Ahasuerus
1630s	Samson and Delilah Allegory of Painting (Private Collection) Madonna and Child (Pitti Palace) Susanna and the Elders (Nottingham Castle) * Self-Portrait (Barberini Collection) Annunciation Penitent Magdalene Corisca and the Satyr Clio: The Muse of History Cleopatra (Private Collection - 2) Birth of St John the Baptist Lot and His Daughters Saint Januarius in the Amphitheatre at Pozzuoli Adoration of the Magi Saints Proculus and Nicea David and Bathsheba (Colombus Museum of Art) Bathsheba (Private Collection 1) Self-Portrait as Allegory of Painting
1640s	Bathsheba (Private Collection 2) Venus Embracing Cupid Susanna and the Elders (Brno) David and Bathsheba (Berlin) David and Bathsheba (Florence) Judith and her Maidservant (Naples) Judith and her Maidservant (Cannes) Saint Apollonia Lucretia (Potsdam) Christ Blessing the Children
1650s	Susanna and the Elders (Bassano) Susanna and the Elders (Bologna) Virgin and Child with a Rosary

Bibliography
Artemisia (1997 film)
Orazio Gentileschi (father)

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