Tico Seifert, Senior Curator, European & Scottish Art & Portraiture will present an exciting new discovery of a previously entirely unknown painting by Adam Elsheimer (1578-1610), The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence. This fascinating and important painting has recently been given on long-term loan to the National Galleries of Scotland. It is Elsheimer’s first response to Italian monumental art, a glowing homage to Titian’s large altarpiece, today in the Gesuiti Church in Venice. The talk will explore The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence and also highlight the Galleries’ exceptional holdings of Elsheimer’s paintings, drawings and closely related works, which is second only to the Städel Museum’s in Frankfurt, the artist’s hometown.

Getting here

The Scottish National Gallery can be found just off Princes Street in the city centre.