The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence
Claude Vignon
1551 to 1600
Medium
etching on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 18.7 x 30.6 cm (7 3/8 x 12 1/16 in.) sheet: 29.7 x 44 cm (11 11/16 x 17 5/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Accession Number
1985.21.4
About the Artist
Claude Vignon · 1593–1670
Claude Vignon was born on May 19, 1593, in Tours, France, into a wealthy family, and he died on May 10, 1670, in Paris. He received his initial artistic training in Paris under the Mannerist painter Jacob Bunel, a key figure in the Second School of Fontainebleau. Vignon traveled extensively in his youth, likely visiting Rome as early as 1609–1610 and settling there by 1616–1619 among the French ar...