The Martyrdom of Saint John

probably c. 1496/1498

Albrecht Dürer

Artist, German, 1471 - 1528

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 39.4 x 28.3 cm (15 1/2 x 11 1/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1971.39.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Meder, no. 164

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1974

  • NGA Recent Acquisitions 1974, no. 78.

Bibliography

1932

  • Meder, Joseph. Dürer-Katalog; ein Handbuch über Albrecht Dürers Stiche, Radierungen, Holzschnitte, deren Zustände, Ausgaben und Wasserzeichen. Vienna: Verlag Gilhofer und Ranschburg, 1932. Reprint. New York: Da Capo Press, 1971.

2001

  • Schoch, Rainer, Mattihas Mende, and Anna Scherbaum. Albrecht Dürer: Das druckgraphische Werk. Munich, 2001: vol. 2: no. 112.

Wikidata ID

Q18338533

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