The Martyrdom of the Ten Thousand

c. 1514

Vittore Carpaccio

Artist, Venetian, c. 1465 - 1525/1526

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    red chalk on laid paper, with unrelated short pen strokes

  • Credit Line

    Woodner Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 21.3 × 29.7 cm (8 3/8 × 11 11/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1991.182.15.a

Associated Artworks

Groups of Male Figures

Vittore Carpaccio

1509

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Earl of Sunderland; sale 1881; John Postle Heseltine [1843-1929] (Lugt 1507), London; Henry Oppenheimer [1859-1932], London (his sale, London, Christie's, 10-14 July 1936, no. 52); Robert von Hirsch [1883-1977], Basel; (his estate sale, London, Sotheby's, 20 June 1978, lot 19); John R. Gaines [1928-2005], Lexington, KY; (his sale, New York, Sotheby's, 17 November 1986, no. 7); purchased by Ian Woodner, New York; by descent to Andrea and Dian Woodner, New York, 1990; given to NGA, 1991.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1987

  • Master Drawings: The Woodner Collection, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1987, no. 8.

1990

  • Master Drawings from the Woodner Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1990, no. 10.

1995

  • The Touch of the Artist: Master Drawings from the Woodner Collections, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995-1996, no. 27.

2006

  • Master Drawings from the Woodner Collections, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2006 - 2007.

2014

  • The Poetry of Light - La poesia della luce: Venetian Drawings from the National Gallery of Art, Museo Correr, Venice, Venice, 2014 - 2015, no. 9.

2017

  • The Woodner Collections: Master Drawings from Seven Centuries, NGA, 2017.

2022

  • Vittore Carpaccio: Master Storyteller of Renaissance Venice, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Palazzo Ducale, Venice, 2022-2023, no. 63.

Bibliography

1897

  • Colvin, Sidney. "Über einige Zeichnungen des Carpaccio in England." Jahrbuch der Königlich Preussischen Kunstsammlungen. 18 (1897): 194-195, 203.

1905

  • The Vasari Society for the Reproduction of Drawings by Old Masters. ix, 1913-14: nos. 6, 7.

1906

  • Ludwig, Gustavo and Pompeo Molmenti. Vittore Carpaccio: La vita e le opere. Milan, 1906: 284, 286.

1907

  • Molmenti, Pompeo, and Gustav Ludwig. The Life and Works of Vittore Carpaccio. Translated by Robert H. Hobart. London, 1907: 213, figs. 223, 224.

1919

  • Meder, Joseph. Die Handzeichnung: Ihre Technik und Entwicklung, Vienna, 1919: 288-89, pl. 97 (recto).

1923

  • Marle, Raimond van. The Development of the Italian Schools of Painting. 19 vols. The Hague, 1923-1938: 18(1936):345.

1925

  • von Hadeln, Detlev Freiherr. Venezianische Zeichnungen des Quattrocento. Berlin, 1925: 58-59, pl. 37-8.

1931

  • Fiocco, Giuseppe. Carpaccio. Paris, 1931: 70, pl. 160a (2nd ed. 1931: 84, pl. CLXX).

1958

  • Fiocco, Giuseppe, Carpaccio. Novara, 1958: 33.

1962

  • Lauts, Jan. Carpaccio: Paintings and Drawings, Complete Edition. London, 1962: 265, pl. 163.

1963

  • Pignatti, Terisio. "Jan Lauts: Carpaccio. Paintings and Drawings". Master Drawings 1 (1963): 53.

  • Zampetti, Pietro. Vittore Carpaccio: Catalogo della mostra, Exh. cat. Venice, Palazzo Ducale, 1963: mentioned under no. 54.

1966

  • Muraro, Michelangelo. Carpaccio. Florence, 1966: 107, mentioned under pl. 202.

1967

  • Perocco, Guido. L'opera completa del Carpaccio. Milan, 1967: mentioned under no. 56B (verso), 61 (recto), reproduced.

1970

  • Tietze, Hans, and Erika Tietze-Conrat. The Drawings of Venetian Painters. Reprint of 1944 edition. New York, 1970: 147, 153-154, no. 623 (recto).

1977

  • Muraro, Michelangelo. I disegni di Vittore Carpaccio. 2 vols. Florence, 1977: 27-28, fig. 52 (verso), 61 (recto).

1987

  • Master Drawings: The Woodner Collection. Exh cat. Royal Academy of Art, London, 1987: 34-35.

1988

  • De Bayser, Bruno. "L'Oeil judicieux de M. Woodner," Connaissance des Arts (April 1988): 83 (reprod.).

1990

  • Woodner Collection: Master Drawings. Exh. cat. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1990: 38-39.

1995

  • The Touch of the Artist: Master Drawings from the Woodner Collections. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995-1996: 140-143, no. 27.

1996

  • Le Chanu, Patrick. "Les noms de couleur dans La Prédication de Saint Etienne de Vittore Carpaccio," Techne (1996): 94.

1997

  • Dreyer, Peter. "Bodies in the Trees: Carpaccio and the Genesis of a Woodcut of the 10,000 Martyrs." Apollo (March 1997): 45-47 (recto).

1998

  • Le Chanu, Patrick. "The Names of Colors in the Preaching of St. Stephen by Vittore Carpaccio," Kermes (May-August 1998): 50-51.

2000

  • Sale cat., Phillips Auctioneers, London, Old Master Drawings, 6 July 2000, mentioned under no. 125.

Watermarks

balance in circle with star above, Briquet 2602 (Udine 1507)

Wikidata ID

Q64633958

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