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The Maryrdom of Saint Lawrence
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The Maryrdom of Saint Lawrence

Medium

Pen and brown and black ink, white gouache, over a sketch in black and red chalk

Dimensions

sheet: 14 1/2 x 10 7/8 in. (36.8 x 27.6 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Harry G. Sperling Fund, 2007

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Cornelis Schut

1597–1655Habsburg Netherlands

Known for paintings commissioned by churches and monasteries, subjects included religious themes, allegorical, and mythological scenes. From 1624 to 1627 he was in Rome, where he was a founder-member of the Schildersbent (the group of Netherlandish artists active in Rome at that time). Schut worked there under the patronage of the Flemish merchant Pieter de Vischere. Comment on works: Mythology; Religious