The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence

Claude Vignon

1551 to 1600

The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence by Claude Vignon

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

Print

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 · 15931670

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...

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