The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence
Claude Vignon, French, 1593 - 1670
about 1630
Etching on laid paper
Overall: 7 3/16 × 12 1/16 in. (18.2 × 30.7 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the William B. Jaffe and Evelyn A. Jaffe Hall Fund
PR.982.28
Geography
Place Made: France, Europe
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, in plate, lower center: Al Cariss.mo et vero Amico, il Sir.r Francesco Linglese, detto il Ciartres, dedico le mie opere et il mio curore; lower right: io Claudio Vignon inven. fe. et excud com Privelegio
Exhibition History
Images of Martyrs in Renaissance and Baroque Art, Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Walker Art Building, Brunswick, Maine, September 25-December 7, 1997.
Old Master Prints from the Dartmouth Collection, Friends and Owen Robertson Cheatham Galleries, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 23-April 10, 1988.
Recent Acquisitions, Barrows Windows, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, September-November 1982.
Saints and Sinners, Ivan Albright Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, February 2-April 25, 1993.
Provenance
Christopher Mendez, London, England; sold to present collection, 1982.
Catalogue Raisonne
Robert-Dumesnil 21
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