The Martyrdom of Saint Barbara. (sainte Barbara / Barbe s'enfuit de la tour o?l'avait enferm閑 son p鑢e; die Geschichte der hl. Barbara).Painting by il Pinturicchio (Bernardino di Betto).Executed between 1492 and 1494.In the Room of the Saints (Sala dei Santi; Salle des Saints; Saal der Heiligen) in the the Borgia Apartments (Appartamento Borgia; Appartements Borgia; Borgia-Gemacher) in the Apostolic Palace; Vatican.- St. Barbara is fleeing from the tower where she had been imprisoned by her father; who pursues her armed with a scimitar; because of her conversion to Christianity.Vatican Museums. 2021.