Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence, with Two Benedictine Nuns

Jacobello del Fiore, c. 1425

Jacobello, who had previously worked in various small Italian cities, was among the first to introduce the elegant and brightly coloured ‘International Gothic’ style to Venice. The two kneeling nuns at left, who are witnesses to this scene of martyrdom, would have commissioned the picture for their private devotion; they perhaps belonged to the Venetian convent of San Lorenzo.

  • Artwork typepainting
  • Object numberSK-A-4001
  • Dimensionsheight 38 cm x width 70.5 cm
  • Physical characteristicstempera on panel

Identification

  • Title(s)

    • Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence, with Two Benedictine Nuns
    • The Martyrdom of St Lawrence, with two Dominican Nuns (former title)

  • Object type

  • Object number

    SK-A-4001

  • Description

    Het martelaarschap van de heilige Laurentius. Rechts zien twee beulen toe, links twee benedictinessen, de stichteressen. Tussen de wolken verschijnt het hoofd van God, in de lucht ook twee banderollen met Latijnse opschriften.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    inscription: ‘Martire Laurenti pie devote mei. Rogo tei grati / Mulla dulcis [...] eige sit me advocato & fidele dei [en] fortitudo dulcis sit me iesu criste. Quia servus tuus et devote iste’

Creation

  • Creation

    painter: Jacobello del Fiore, Venice

  • Dating

    c. 1425

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    tempera on panel

  • Dimensions

    height 38 cm x width 70.5 cm

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Acquisition and rights

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; the the dealer Galerie van Diemen & Co, Berlin, 1921;{According to a label on the reverse of the panel.}…; purchased from Woltereck, Basel, by Prof. Dr Otto Lanz (1865-1935), Amsterdam, 1928;{File RMA.} his widow, Anna Theresia Elisabeth Lanz - Willi (1870 - 1954), Amsterdam, 1935; from whom, CHF 2,000,000 and fl. 350,000, with xx other paintings, to Hans Posse (1879-1942), for Adolf Hitler’s Führermuseum, Linz, through the mediation of the dealer N. Katz, 1941;{Van Os 1978, p. 167.} war recuperation, SNK, 15 February 1946 (inv. no. NK 2343);{Provenance from 1935 to 1945 reconstructed by Ekkart et al. 2006; MCCP website, file card no. 3989; the Munich Central Collecting Point number 3989 is recorded on the reverse of the panel.} on loan from the DRVK to the museum, 1952 (inv. no. SK-C-1427); transferred to the museum, 1960

  • Remarks

    Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

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