Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence

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Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence

1652
Paintings
Oil on canvas
Canvas: 60 1/8 × 49 1/8 in. (152.72 × 124.78 cm) Frame: 74 5/8 × 63 3/4 × 2 1/2 in. (189.55 × 161.93 × 6.35 cm)
Purchased with funds provided by the Jones Foundation, the Joseph B. Gould Foundation, Fred Maxwell, and an anonymous gift in memory of Dr. Charles Henry Strub by exchange (M.2003.4)
European Painting
Not currently on public view

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Because depictions of saints and martyrdoms were forbidden by the Calvinist Church, Salomon de Bray must have painted this altarpiece for a hidden Catholic church....
Because depictions of saints and martyrdoms were forbidden by the Calvinist Church, Salomon de Bray must have painted this altarpiece for a hidden Catholic church. The figure of Saint Lawrence is closely related to a drawing by the Flemish painter Jacob Jordaens, with whom De Bray was working on a major commission in The Hague in 1652. The altarpiece’s original arched top, with angels bearing the palms of martyrdom, was removed in the nineteenth century, probably to accommodate a new setting.
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Bibliography

  • Eck, Xander van, and Ruud Priem, eds. Traits of Tolerance: Religious Tolerance in the Golden Age. Zwolle: WBOOKS, 2013.