The Martyrdom of the Ten Thousand
(c. 1496)

Albrecht DÜRER

Gallery location: Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium

woodcut

Measurements

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

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

Credit Line

National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1923
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest

Gallery location

Not on display

Subjects (general)

Human Figures Religion and Mythology Violence

Subjects (specific)

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

Movements

Renaissance

Watermarks

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

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The Martyrdom of the Ten Thousand
(c. 1496)

Albrecht DÜRER