The painting, donated by the artist in 1879, served as the inspiration for the collection of the National Museum in Krak\u00f3w. Also known as The Candlesticks of Christianity<\/em>, this masterpiece depicts the persecution of Christians by Nero. It shows a scene of execution by burning in the gardens of Emperor Nero\u2019s palace. The multi-figure composition emphasises the contrast between the victims and the indifferent Roman elite, as well as the material world. A quotation from the Gospel of St John placed on the frame lends the work additional significance.<\/p>\n\n\n\nMore information in the digital catalog<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nWe invite you to explore more in the digital catalog of the National Museum in Krak\u00f3w.Author of the entry: Aleksandra Krypczyk-De Barra<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nLocalisation<\/span>National Museum in Krakow \/ Sukiennice \/ Gallery of 19th-Century Polish Art \/ Siemiradzki Room <\/span><\/p><\/b><\/span><\/li>Owner<\/span>The National Museum in Krakow <\/span><\/p><\/b><\/span><\/li>Object number<\/span>MNK II-a-1 <\/span><\/p><\/b><\/span><\/li>Copyright<\/span>CC0 – Public domain <\/span><\/p><\/b><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nGallery<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Poka\u017c wi\u0119cej zdj\u0119\u0107<\/use><\/svg><\/button><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Description The painting, donated by the artist in 1879, served as the inspiration for the collection of the National Museum in Krak\u00f3w. Also known as The Candlesticks of Christianity, this masterpiece depicts the persecution of Christians by Nero. It shows a scene of execution by burning in the gardens of Emperor Nero\u2019s palace. The multi-figure […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":11407,"template":"","zbiory_categories":[],"class_list":["post-11406","zbiory","type-zbiory","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/zbiory\/11406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/zbiory"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/zbiory"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/zbiory\/11406\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"zbiory_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/zbiory_categories?post=11406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
We invite you to explore more in the digital catalog of the National Museum in Krak\u00f3w.Author of the entry: Aleksandra Krypczyk-De Barra<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The National Museum in Krakow <\/span><\/p><\/b><\/span><\/li>Object number<\/span>MNK II-a-1 <\/span><\/p><\/b><\/span><\/li>Copyright<\/span>CC0 – Public domain <\/span><\/p><\/b><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nGallery<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Poka\u017c wi\u0119cej zdj\u0119\u0107<\/use><\/svg><\/button><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Description The painting, donated by the artist in 1879, served as the inspiration for the collection of the National Museum in Krak\u00f3w. Also known as The Candlesticks of Christianity, this masterpiece depicts the persecution of Christians by Nero. It shows a scene of execution by burning in the gardens of Emperor Nero\u2019s palace. The multi-figure […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":11407,"template":"","zbiory_categories":[],"class_list":["post-11406","zbiory","type-zbiory","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/zbiory\/11406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/zbiory"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/zbiory"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/zbiory\/11406\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"zbiory_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/zbiory_categories?post=11406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
MNK II-a-1 <\/span><\/p><\/b><\/span><\/li>Copyright<\/span>CC0 – Public domain <\/span><\/p><\/b><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nGallery<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Poka\u017c wi\u0119cej zdj\u0119\u0107<\/use><\/svg><\/button><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Description The painting, donated by the artist in 1879, served as the inspiration for the collection of the National Museum in Krak\u00f3w. Also known as The Candlesticks of Christianity, this masterpiece depicts the persecution of Christians by Nero. It shows a scene of execution by burning in the gardens of Emperor Nero\u2019s palace. The multi-figure […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":11407,"template":"","zbiory_categories":[],"class_list":["post-11406","zbiory","type-zbiory","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/zbiory\/11406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/zbiory"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/zbiory"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/zbiory\/11406\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"zbiory_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/zbiory_categories?post=11406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Description The painting, donated by the artist in 1879, served as the inspiration for the collection of the National Museum in Krak\u00f3w. Also known as The Candlesticks of Christianity, this masterpiece depicts the persecution of Christians by Nero. It shows a scene of execution by burning in the gardens of Emperor Nero\u2019s palace. The multi-figure […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":11407,"template":"","zbiory_categories":[],"class_list":["post-11406","zbiory","type-zbiory","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/zbiory\/11406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/zbiory"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/zbiory"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/zbiory\/11406\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"zbiory_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/zbiory_categories?post=11406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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