# St Lawrence Giving the Wealth to the Poor [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [PALMA GIOVANE]() - Date: 1551-1600 - Technique: Oil on canvas. 284 x 382 cm ## Commentary St Lawrence Giving the Wealth to the Poor 1581-82 Oil on canvas. 284 x 382 cm San Giacomo dall'Orio, Venice This first act in a Tridentine decorative concept focuses on confession. Lawrence has been invited to hand over the Church's wealth to the emperor but prefers to distribute it to the poor, indicating those thus assisted to the tyrannical functionary. Rhetorically effective, the painting reinforces its message with meticulous attention to gesture. ## Related artworks - [Allegory of the Victory over the League of Cambrai \(detail\)]() - [Amusements of the Prodigal Son]() - [Apollo and Marsyas \(1\)]() - [Apollo and Marsyas \(2\)]() - [Apostles at the Virgin's Tomb]() - [David and Achimelech]() - [Doge Francesco Venier Presents the Subject Cities to Venice]() - [Doge Pietro Loredan Beseeching the Virgin]() - [Martyrdom of St Catherine of Alexandria]() - [Paolo Veronese]() - [Pasquale Cicogna Hearing Mass Celebrated in the Oratory of the Crociferi \(detail\)]() - [Pasquale Cicogna Hearing Mass Celebrated in the Oratory of the Crociferi]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()