The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence (Titian)

The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence

Artist	Titian
Year	c. 1558
Type	oil on canvas
Dimensions	493 cm × 277 cm (194 in × 109 in)
Location	I Gesuiti, Venice

The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence is a 1558 painting by Titian, now in the church of I Gesuiti in Venice. It so impressed Philip II of Spain that he commissioned a second version in 1567 for the basilica at El Escorial.

Titian (List of works)

Portraits	Jacopo Pesaro being presented by Pope Alexander VI to Saint Peter (1503–06) A Man with a Quilted Sleeve (c. 1509) La Schiavona (1510–12) Vincenzo Mosti (c. 1520) Young Woman in a Black Dress (c. 1520) Man with a Glove (c. 1520) Laura Dianti (c. 1520–25) Federico II Gonzaga (c. 1529) Charles V with a Dog (1533) Ippolito de' Medici (1533) Giacomo Doria (1533–35) Isabella d'Este (1534–36) La Bella (c. 1536) A Young Englishman (1540–45) Clarissa Strozzi (1542) The Vendramin Family (1543–47) Pietro Aretino (1545) Lavinia Vecellio (c. 1545) Pope Paul III (1545–46) Pope Paul III and His Grandsons (1545–46) Equestrian Portrait of Charles V (1548) Charles V (1548) Isabella of Portugal (1548) Philip II in Armour (1550) Christina of Denmark (1555–56) Jacopo Strada (1567–68)

Self portraits	Self-Portrait (1546–47) Self-Portrait (c. 1560)

History painting	Pastoral Concert (c. 1509 – also attributed to Giorgione) The Gypsy Madonna (c. 1510) Miracle of the Jealous Husband (1511) The Three Ages of Man (c. 1512–14) Balbi Holy Conversation (c. 1513) Sacred and Profane Love (c. 1514) Tarquin and Lucretia (1515) Flora (c. 1515) Salome (c. 1515) Vanity (c. 1515) Violante (c. 1515) Woman with a Mirror (c. 1515) The Tribute Money (c. 1516) The Worship of Venus (1518–19) Venus Anadyomene (c. 1520) Averoldi Polyptych (1520–22) Bacchus and Ariadne (1520–23) The Bacchanal of the Andrians (1523–26) Venus of Urbino (1538) Alfonso d'Avalos Addressing his Troops (1540) Venus and Music (1547) The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence (c. 1548–59) The Punishment of Tythus (1549) The Fall of Man (c. 1550) Venus and Adonis (c. 1553) Danaë (series) (1543–56) Mater Dolorosa (c. 1555) Venus with a Mirror (1555) Diana and Actaeon (1556–59) Diana and Callisto (1556–59) The Death of Actaeon (c. 1559–75) Venus and Adonis (c. 1560) Venus Blindfolding Cupid (c. 1565) Allegory of Prudence (c. 1565–70) Tarquin and Lucretia (1569–71) Punishment of Marsyas (1570–76)

Biblical	Christ Carrying the Cross (c. 1505 – also attributed to Giorgione) St. Mark Enthroned (c. 1510) Noli me tangere (c. 1514) Assumption of the Virgin (1516–18) Pesaro Madonna (1519–26) Gozzi Altarpiece (1520) Malchiostro Annunciation (c. 1520) The Entombment of Christ (c. 1520) The Madonna of the Rabbit (1530) Penitent Magdalene (1533) Saint John the Baptist (1540) The Crowning with Thorns (1542–43) Saint Jerome in Penitence (1552) Saint Jerome in Penitence (1575) Crucifixion (1558) The Entombment (1559) St Margaret and the Dragon (c. 1559) Annunciation (1559–64) Madonna and Child with Saints Luke and Catherine of Alexandria (c. 1560) Penitent Magdalene (1565) Saint Sebastian (c. 1575) Pietà (1576)