# The Martyrdom of the Seven Sons of Saint Felicity

- By: Francesco Trevisani (Capodistria, 1656–1746)
- Date: 1709
- Medium: canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: height 75 cm x width 62.6 cm
- Credit line: Purchased with the support of H.B. van der Ven, The Hague and the Rijksmuseum Fonds
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-A-4995--af51a6838a1dd922298add61c11fb997)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/982011bb394911487c3c405759ccbfd3.jpg
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The most prominent cardinal in Rome ordered this painting as a gift for a French minister and his wife, whose name, Catherine Félicité, inspired the choice of subject. The Christian martyr Saint Felicity – here in a yellow gown – was forced to witness the martyrdom of her seven sons before herself being beheaded. Trevisani included two self-portraits: as the standing man at left, and as the man looking out at us from behind the statue at right.