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Saint Lawrence was a Christian martyr of Spanish birth, so it is appropriate he should be painted by a Spanish artist. The Saint is shown wearing golden dalmatic dress, which refers to his having been ordained by Pope Sixtus II. A putto holding a martyr's palm and a wreath flies above him. Lawrence is pictured holding his attribute, the gridiron (a symbol of his martyrdom), and behind are the flames of the torturer's fire. When the Pope himself was arrested in Rome in 258, he ordered Lawrence, his deacon, to give the church's treasures to the poor. When the city's prefect asked for them Lawrence refused to give them up, so he was condemned to a roasting. He is said to have declared: 'See, I am done enough on one side, now turn me over and cook the other.
Title
Saint Lawrence with His Gridiron, Crowned by a Putto-Angel
Date
1630 (?)
Medium
oil on unlined canvas
Measurements
H 251.5 x W 180.5 cm
Accession number
22854
Acquisition method
purchased from the estate of the late George Richard Lawley Gibbs with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, the National Art Collections Fund and donations from members and supporters, 2002
Work type
Painting
