The sevillian cathedral chapter commissioned this painting from goya in 1817, through agustín ceán bermúdez, who was a scholar and art writer and a personal friend of goya. The painting was destined for the altar of the sacristy of the chalices of the cathedral of seville, (spain), where it still remains. And it should be noted that the holy potters, justa and rufina, who are the patron saints of seville, were martyred for having refused to worship an image of the goddess venus, and they are always represented next to clay objects as a symbol of their profession and with the palms of martyrdom. In this work a lion meekly licks the foot of saint rufina, wounded by having forced her to walk from the mountains to seville, and this city appears in the background, highlighting the giralda tower of the sevillian cathedral, which according to tradition was left standing due to the miraculous intervention of these martyrs during the earthquake that devastated seville in 1504. Object Type: painting. Genre: religious art. Date: 1817. Dimensions: height: 309 cm (10.1 ft); width: 177 cm (69.6 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Depicted People: Justa, Rufina. Collection: Catedral de Sevilla. Santa Justa y Rufina
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