The best option to complete the sentence is "laid". "Laid" is the past tense of the verb "lay", which means to put something down in a horizontal position. In this sentence, the subject probably put a picture down on the table, so "laid" would be the correct verb choice. "Lay" is also a past tense form of the same verb, but it is used in a different way - it is the past tense of "lie", which means to recline or be in a horizontal position. "Lied" is the past tense of "lie", but it means to make a false statement, not to put something down. "Lain" is also a past tense form of "lie", but it is not used in this sentence - it would be used to describe a state of being in a horizontal position, not an action of putting something down.