Albrecht DÜRER
The Martyrdom of St Catherine
(c. 1498)

Medium
woodcut

Measurements
38.6 × 28.4 cm (image and sheet) sheet trimmed to borders

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

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Catalogue/s Raisonné
B.120; M.236; Holl.236, after c; K.102; S.W.57; T.115; P.340

Inscription
With monogram

Accession Number
1278.517-3

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)
breaking wheels Catherine of Alexandria, Saint (Christian character) martyrdoms martyrs Saint Catherine of Alexandria and the Wheel (Christian narrative) saints torturing

Movements
Renaissance

Watermark Form
Serpent

Meder 100

Completeness
partial

Chain Line Interval
33-36 mm

Laid Line Frequency
10-11 per cm

Placement and spacing of wires
108 x 17 [ 16 I 5 ] x 32

Wire Side
verso

Radiograph taken from
verso