The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence
Luca Cambiaso
1581
Medium
pen and brown ink with brown wash over black chalk on laid paper, laid down on blue paper
Dimensions
sheet (lunette): 38.8 x 24.5 cm (15 1/4 x 9 5/8 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Accession Number
1971.80.2
About the Artist
Luca Cambiaso · 1527–1585
Luca Cambiaso (1527–1585) was an Italian painter and draftsman who dominated artistic life in Genoa during the second half of the sixteenth century and became one of the most innovative draftsmen of the Late Renaissance. Born in Moneglia near Genoa, he trained under his father, the painter Giovanni Cambiaso, and demonstrated precocious talent, reportedly completing his first public fresco commissi...