Art, literature & history
The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence
1685
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- black chalk with pen and brown ink and brush and light brown wash, heightened with white gouache, on light blue laid paper
- Dimensions
- sheet: 35.2 x 21.3 cm (13 7/8 x 8 3/8 in.)
- Collection no.
- 2009.98.1
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- NGA Open Access — public domainLicense details
Daniel Seiter. The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence. National Gallery of Art. NGA Open Access — public domain. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence — Daniel Seiter. 1685.
Medium: black chalk with pen and brown ink and brush and light brown wash, heightened with white gouache, on light blue laid paper.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): sheet: 35.2 x 21.3 cm (13 7/8 x 8 3/8 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 2009.98.1. Purchased as the Gift of Diane A. Nixon.
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.