St. Lawrence Joshua He had certainly travelled to

He had certainly travelled to Italy

This work owes much to Rubens' Samson and Delilah now in the National Gallery

Jan Both was one of the most influential and important of the Dutch Italianate painters

forget-me-nots and roses - and the marble ledge

of the original in the Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten in Antwerp (inv

St. Lawrence Joshua He had certainly travelled toThis painting was attributed to Pietro da Cortona until 1880. Saint Lawrence of Rome (c. 225 258) was one of the seven deacons of ancient Rome who were martyred during the persecution of Valerian in 258 AD. Tradition holds that Lawrence was burned or "grilled" to death, hence his association with the gridiron.