France, Brittany, Abbey of Louvigne? de-Bois (?)
c. 1550-1575
Pot metal; flashed and white glass; silver stain and sanguine
185 x 98.2 (72 7/8 x 38 5/8) overall; l: 62.5 x 60 (24 3/8 x 23 5/8) without architectural frame; 2: 58.3 x 59.3 (23 x 23 3/8) without architectural frame; 3: 58.8 x 60 (23 1/8 x 23 5/8) without architectural frame
Some losses on left side and fire cracks; the architectural borders may be stopgap; the panels probably formed a triptych (2-3-1) in the original arrangement
Provenance: A. Seligmann, Rey & Co., New York, to 26 April 1926; William Randolph Hearst, Los Angeles, to 1954
Bibliography: C.W. Post Catalogue (1939), vols. 101-104, lot no. 106-16; Forest Lawn Archives (1956), lot no. 106-16; Hearst sale (1941), 329, lot no. 106-16, ill.
Collection: Forest Lawn (Glendale, California)
Object/Accession: FL lot 103
1. The kinsmen of Hippolytus after conversion by Saint Lawrence, with a kneeling male donor; 2. The Emperor Decius orders the Prefect Valerian to torture Saint Lawrence, with a kneeling female donor; 3. The martyrdom of Saint Lawrence on the grill