The Martyrdom of Saint John
probably c. 1496/1498
Albrecht Dürer
Artist, German, 1471 - 1528
Artwork overview
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Medium
woodcut on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet (trimmed to block): 39.4 × 28.3 cm (15 1/2 × 11 1/8 in.)
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Accession Number
1971.39.2
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Catalogue Raisonné
Meder, no. 164
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Series Title
The Apocalypse
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., Ltd., London); purchased by NGA, 1971.
Associated Names
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.
Inscriptions
verso, lower right, in graphite by a later hand: 3 [encircled]; bottom right, in graphite by a later hand: B-25,762
Markings
verso, bottom right corner: NGA stamp
Wikidata ID
Q18338533