Albrecht DÜRER

The Martyrdom of St Catherine
(c. 1498)

Medium

woodcut

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

Gallery location: Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium

woodcut

Measurements

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

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

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)

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

Movements

Renaissance

Watermarks

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

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Albrecht DÜRER

The Martyrdom of St Catherine
(c. 1498)