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print
Object Type
print
Museum number
1856,1213.161
Description
Martyrdom of St Lawrence, burned alive on a gridiron, in the presence of several people watching from an architectural structure Engraving
Producer name
Print made by:
Jean Rabel
(the elder)
After:
Baccio Bandinelli
School/style
French
Production date
1563-1586
Materials
paper
Technique
engraving
Dimensions
Height:
234 millimetres
(cut)
Width:
312 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
A copy of a plate engraved by Marcantonio after Baccio Bandinelli (Bartsch XIV.89.104). Grivel (2009) has identified this print as by the elder Jean Rabel (c.1520-1586) in her catalogue raisonné of prints by the father and son Rabel in the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
Bibliographic references
Robert-Dumesnil 1835-71 / Le Peintre-Graveur Français
(VIII.124.15)
Grivel 2009 / Au sieur Rabel, parangon de la pourtraicture - nouvelles recherches sur les peintres-graveurs français de la fin du XVIe siècle: l'exemple de Jean Rabel
(3)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
christian saint/martyr
Associated names
Representation of:
St Laurence
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Holloway (& Son)
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Sir John St Aubyn
(sale 6-11 August 1856)
Acquisition date
1856
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1856,1213.161