St. James Led to His Execution

St. James Led to His Execution
Artist Andrea Mantegna
Year c. 1455

St. James Led to His Execution was a painting by Andrea Mantegna. It was destroyed on March 11, 1944, when the Ovetari Chapel in Padua was bombed by the Allies during World War II.

The British Museum owns a preparatory drawing for the painting.

Preparatory drawing for St. James Led to His Execution
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