Flemish "religious scene" is a Death of Saint Lawrence after Titian

Bellmans, from the UK, sells on 19 January 2016 a "Flemish School, 18th century" "religious scene", estimated at £200 to £300.

It clearly is a "Death of Saint Lawrence", with the typical barbecue used for this martyrdom, but it took some searching to find the origin (or at least one origin) of this painting.

A first clue was a work sold at Christie's Amsterdam in 2005 as a "Manner of Rubens", which contained in reverse the same angels, man with the flag, and similar central figures.

No Rubens' work that formed the basis for this painting turned up though, but further research showed it to be a faithful though largely reversed copy of a work by Titian (the angels on the top are strangely not reversed in the Christie's work) from the Escorial.

The reverse inscription on the work for sale (part of the "last words" of Lawrence) is a clear indication that this work is based on an engraving of the original. Where the added parts come from is not immediately clear. It is a cheap and strange work, but doesn't have much artistic quality.

UPDATE: sold for £550 or more than double the estimate.