Martelaarschap van de heilige Laurentius

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Art Historical Context

This delicate print, titled *Martelaarschap van de heilige Laurentius* (Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence), dates to the early 16th century (1510–1550) and captures a pivotal moment in Christian hagiography. Saint Lawrence, a de in 3rd-century Rome, famously met his end roasted alive on a gridiron for refusing to surrender church treasures to Emperor Valerian. Created anonymously, this small-scale work (103 × 137 mm) on paper exemplifies the Northern Renaissance's devotion to religious narratives, where martyrdom scenes served as moral exemplars for the faithful amid the era's religious upheavals, i...