The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence

1581

Luca Cambiaso

Artist, Genoese, 1527 - 1585

Media Options

This object’s media is free and in the public domain. Read our full Open Access policy for images.
Not on view See artworks now on view

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink with brown wash over black chalk on laid paper, laid down on blue paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet (lunette): 38.8 x 24.5 cm (15 1/4 x 9 5/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1971.80.2

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Paul Drey Gallery

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1974

  • NGA Recent Acquisitions 1974, no. 22.

1978

  • Master Drawings from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art and Promised Gifts, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1978, pp. 46-47.

1988

  • Italian Renaissance Drawings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1988, no cat.

1998

  • Felipe II: Un Príncipe del Renacimiento. Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid: 1998-1999, no. 165, repro.

2006

  • Luca Cambiaso, 1527-1585, Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art, University of Texas at Austin; Palazzo Ducale, Genova, 2006-2007, no. 102.

2007

  • The Baroque Woodcut, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2007 - 2008

Bibliography

1981

  • Olszewski 1981, 125.

1984

  • Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 666, no. 1054, color repro.

1995

  • Martinez, Benjamin and Jacqueline Block. Visual Forces: An Introduction to Design. 2nd edition, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1995: 63, fig. D.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Cangiaso; lower left in brown ink: No.45

Wikidata ID

Q64594057

You may be interested in

Loading Results