Giovanni Odazzi, The Martyrdom of St. Clement

Circa 1700-1721
Fresco
Church of St. Clement, Rome

St. Clement is weighted with an anchor to assure his drowning when put into the sea. Unlike the many images that have Clement thrown from a ship like Jonah, in Odazzi's painting a soldier pushes him him from a rock above the shore.

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Photographed at the church by Richard Stracke, shared under Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license.