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The Martyrdom of John the Baptist

The Martyrdom of John the Baptist
1510

Medium
woodcut

Measurements
19.5 × 13.0 cm (image) 19.7 × 13.3 cm (sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1956

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Catalogue/s Raisonné
B.125; M.231; Holl.231b; K.212; S.W.153; Barlow (1926) 185; T.454; P.345

Inscription
With monogram

Accession Number
3593-4

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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Watermarks

Watermark Form
High Crown (Meder 20 and Briquet 4902)
 

Meder 20, Briquet 4902 (found in documents dated 1520 in Treviso, Italy, 1480 in Munich, Germany, 1481-88 in Brescia, Italy, 1483-1501 in Dresden, Germany, 1484-1505 in Prague, Czech Republic, 1485-93 in Eichstatt, Germany and 1486 in Magdeburg, Germany). This watermark is Italian.

Completeness
complete

Chain Line Interval
30 mm

Laid Line Frequency
10 per cm

Placement and spacing of wires
134 x 5 [25 I 24] x 5

Wire Side
recto

Radiograph taken from
unknown