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The Martyrdom of St. Lawrence

Titian

Tiziano Vecelli or Tiziano Vecellio, the most important member of the 16th-century Venetian school.

Max Resolution:4101×5375 PX

Title:The Martyrdom of St. Lawrence

Artists:Titian

Date:1548 - 1559

Style:Mannerism (Late Renaissance)

Genre:religious painting

Medium:oil,canvas

Location:I Gesuiti (Church of Santa Maria Assunta), Venice, Italy

Dimensions:277×493 cm

Copyright:Public domain

The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence is a 1558 painting by Titian, now in the church of I Gesuiti in Venice. It so impressed Philip II of Spain that he commissioned a second version in 1567 for the basilica at El Escorial.