St Lawrence shows Emperor Decius that the treasures of the Church are the poor (?) (Album II)

WAG 1995.180

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A large group of figures with buildings on the right and a landscape in the background on the left. The central figure is dressed in a monk's habit, with short hair, with his hands crossed at the wrist in front of him. Two soldiers flank him and appear to hold him. On the right is a seated figure under a canopy, with hand raised, wearing a crown. In the left foreground is a male figure with a wooden leg holding out a hat. Another figure, depicted as blind, rests his hand on the shoulder of the figure with the wooden leg.