2-356-513 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The Martyrdom of St Laurence, 1882. St Laurence was Deacon of the Christian church in Rome. Under the persecution of Valerian in 258 he was condemned to death by being broiled. After the fresco in the Chapel of Nicholas V, dedicated to St Stephen and St Laurence, the Vatican, Rome. A print from The Magazine of Art Vol V, Cassell, Peter, Galpin and Company, Limited, 1882.