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Description of the picture
The painting representing the Santas Justas and
Rufina is an oil on canvas made around the year
1666. It measures 200 cm high by 176 cm wide
and is currently in the Museum of Fine Arts at the
City of Seville.
Justa and Rufina were two potter sisters born in
Seville who refused to worship the pagan gods,
receiving martyrdom in the days of Dioclesiano.
They are teh patron saints of the city of Seville.