Martyrdom of St Lawrence
(1620-1624)
- Artist/s name
- Jusepe de RIBERA
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Measurements
- 206.2 x 154.5 cm irreg. (image) 207.5 x 155.2 cm (canvas)
- Place/s of Execution
- Italy
- Accession Number
- 2006.390
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with funds donated by Allan and Maria Myers and Andrew Sisson, 2006
- Gallery Location
- 17th to 18th Century European Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International
Provenance
Possibly the missing altarpiece from the High Altar at the Church of San Lorenzo in Lucina Rome (pre-1675); later with Gagliardi (dealer), Florence; from whom acquired in 1836 by Prince Anatole Demidoff; included in Demidoff sale, Paris 3-4 March, 1870, no. 199; collection of Andre Marie (1897–1974, Prime Minister of France 1948) by 1974; included in Andre Marie sale, Palais des Consuls, Rouen, 5 November 1975; exhibited Trafalgar Galleries, London, In the Light of Caravaggio, 1976, no. 5; Azby Fund, New Orleans, by 1976; Atlantis Trust, London, 1992; Azby Fund, New Orleans, 2005; included in Christie's sale, 7 Dec, 2006, no. 62; from which acquired by NGV, 2006.
