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The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence, ca. 1640

  • oil paint, canvas
  • 352 x 225 cm
  • Inv. S-20

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Artist

Gaspar de Crayer RKD VIAF Wikidata
Antwerp 1584 - Ghent 1669
painters (artists)AAT

Title The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence
Date ca. 1640
Period 17th century
Collection paintings AAT
Object type oil paintings (visual works) AAT
Inventory number S-20
Acquisition credit long-term loan
OCMW
Ghent
1904
Current whereabouts Work currently not on display
Permalink https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/S-20
IIIF Manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/6337/manifest.json
Art & Architecture Thesaurus 300055874 religious symbolism AAT
Keywords Iconclass 11G angels Iconclass
11H saints Iconclass
11H(LAURENCE) the martyr and deacon Laurence of Rome; possible attributes: book, censer, cross, dalmatic, gridiron, palm, purse (or cup with golden coins) Iconclass
25F33(EAGLE) predatory birds: eagle Iconclass
31A236 lying figure Iconclass
31A71 male sex; man Iconclass
31E235 violent death ~ maltreatment, torture Iconclass
31E2312 violent death ~ fire Iconclass
31E231211 violent death by burning on the gridiron Iconclass
32B321 African negroes Iconclass
41B1 open fire (in general) Iconclass
41C312 fork Iconclass
44A311 standard-bearer, flag-bearer Iconclass
44G32 executioner, hangman Iconclass
45C14(LANCE) helved weapons, polearms (for striking, hacking, thrusting): lance Iconclass
45D313 private soldier Iconclass
46C131 riding a horse, ass, or mule; rider, horseman Iconclass
47D8(CHAIN) tools, aids, implements ~ crafts and industries: chain Iconclass
School / Style Baroque AAT
Voyage pittoresque de la Flandre et du Brabant / Jean-Baptiste Descamps. - Paris : Desaint, Saillant, Pissot, Durant, 1769 (p. 256)
Les Eglises de Gand / Philippe Augustin Chrétien Kervyn de Volkaersbeke. - Gand : L. Hebbelynck, 1857-1858 (vol. 2; p. 367)
De Crayer ou de Craeyer (Gaspard) / Edmond De Busscher. - [s.l.] : [s.n.], [s.a.] (col. 41)
Museum van Schoone Kunsten : Catalogus ; Oude Meesters, Schilderstukken, teekeningen, plaatsneden (met geschiedkundig overzicht) / Maurice Dupuis, Georges Charles Nicolas Marie Hulin de Loo, Fritz Van Loo. - Gent : Drukkerij F. De Vos, 1938 ; Gent : Stad Gent, 1938 (p. 44-45)
Gaspar de Crayer : sa vie et ses oeuvres / Hans Vlieghe. - Bruxelles : Arcade, 1972 (p. 174, nr. A 123)
Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent : Catalogus schilderkunst ; Deel I: 14de - 18de eeuw ; Deel II: 19de - 20ste eeuw / Robert Hoozee, Johan De Smet, Bruno Fornari, Ruth Monteyne. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2007 (dl. I, p. 73 (ill.))
Entre Rubens et Van Dyck : Gaspar de Crayer (1584-1669) (exposition Cassel, Musée de Flandre, 30.06 - 04.11.2018) / Sandrine Vézilier-Dussart, Alexis Merle du Bourg, Hans Vlieghe, Matthias Depoorter, Valentine De Beir. - Cassel : Musée départemental de Flandre (Cassel), 2018 (p. 162-163, cat. 6.4)
Gaspar de Crayer, a Painter of Stories: Rinaldo and Armida / Matías Díaz Padrón. - Madrid : Instituto Moll, 2019 (p. 32)
Voyage pittoresque de la Flandre et du Brabant (extrait Gand) / Jean-Baptiste Descamps. - Paris : chez J. Grangé, 1792
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