Table of Contents Acknowledgments List of Images An Introduction Chapter One. Wound: On Caravaggio’s Martyrdom of Saint Ursula Chapter Two. Touch: On Giovanni Lanfranco’s Saint Peter Healing Saint Agatha Chapter Three. Skin: On Jusepe de Ribera’s Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew Chapter Four. Flesh: On Georges de la Tour’s Penitent Saint Jerome Chapter Five. Blood: On Artemisia Gentileschi’s Judith Slaying Holofernes Chapter Six. Death: On Francisco de Zurbarán’s Martyrdom of Saint Serapion Conclusion General Bibliography Index