Saint Lawrence holding his Gridiron and crowned by a Putto-angel
attributed to Juan Luis Zambrano (1598 - 1639)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1630
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
2515 x 1803 mm (99 x 71 in)
Place of origin
Spain
Order this imageCollection
Tyntesfield, North Somerset
NT 22854
Summary
Oil painting on unlined canvas, Saint Lawrence holding his Gridiron and crowned by a Putto-angel, attributed to Juan Luis Zambrano (1598 - 1639), 1630. The saint stands wearing a chasuble of cloth of gold, holding his attribute the gridiron in his left hand. Below are the flames of the torturer's fire, whilst a putto holding a martyr's palm and a wreath flies above. Purchased by William, who believed it to be by Francisco de Zurbaran (see catalogue, William Gibbs From Madrid to Tyntesfield).
Provenance
Purchased by Manuel Williams for William Gibbs from Don Francisco Romero Balmaseda of Seville in 1853 and thence by descent; purchased by the National Trust from the estate of the late George Richard Lawley Gibbs, 2nd Baron Wraxall (1928 – 2001) with the assistance of the NHMF, Art Fund and donations from members and supporters in 2002
Credit line
Tyntesfield, The Gibbs Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
Recto: with label at centre front of frame 'ZAMBRANO 1630' .
Makers and roles
attributed to Juan Luis Zambrano (1598 - 1639) , artist previously catalogued as attributed to Francisco de Zurbarán (Fuente de Cantos 1598 - Madrid 1664), artist