The Palazzo Bellomo Altarpiece of St. Barbara
16th century
Oil on panel, 61 x 77 in. (155 x 195 cm.)
Palazzo Bellomo, Syracuse, Sicily
In the tall central panel we see the saint with all her attributes: the tower with three windows at the pinnacle, the crown, the chalice with host, the palm branch, and the canon. The small images trace her life as follows:
Left side:
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Photographed at the site by Claire Stracke, shared under Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license.