National Gallery puts Cavallino’s Saint Bartholomew on public display

A painting that has rarely been seen in public will go on display next week as part of the National Gallery’s permanent collection.
The slightly larger than life painting of Saint Bartholomew is by Bernardo Cavallino and was painted around 1640-45, and is considered to be one of the largest and most splendid works Cavallino ever painted.
The painting shows a muscular Saint Bartholomew holding a knife that foreshadows his martyrdom when his skin was flayed from his body. He is often shown a