Martyrdom of St. Lawrence

An engraved print shows a nude, bound man stretched on a grate above a fire, with a torch held over him by a figure at right. Armored soldiers and a robed attendant crowd the scene, while a winged putto and a cloud-borne figure hover above, and a draped saint stands on a pedestal at the top right. Dense crosshatching gives the sky and bodies dramatic shadow.

Look closer: A small winged putto is visible among the clouds at the top left, near the upper edge.

Artist

Cornelis Cort

Date

1571

Medium

Engraving

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

2682 × 3740 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949