Albrecht DÜRER
The Martyrdom of the Ten Thousand
(c. 1496)

Medium
woodcut

Measurements
38.6 × 28.6 cm (image) 38.8 × 28.7 cm (sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1923

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Catalogue/s Raisonné
B.117; M.218; Holl.218d; K.98; S.W.35; T.140; P.337

Inscription
With monogram

Accession Number
1278.516-3

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest

Subjects (general)
Human Figures Religion and Mythology Violence

Subjects (specific)
beheadings cliffs deaths martyrdoms martyrs suffering torturing whips (striking tools)

Movements
Renaissance

Watermark Form
Name of Jesus (4SH in Shield)

Meder 306

Completeness
complete

Chain Line Interval
31 mm

Laid Line Frequency
11-12 per cm

Placement and spacing of wires
45 x 15 [ 16 I 14 ] x 16

Wire Side
unknown

Radiograph taken from
verso