The Martyrdom of Saint John

probably c. 1496/1498

Albrecht Dürer

Associated Names
Albrecht Dürer

Artist, German, 1471 - 1528

The image depicts a man in a cauldron surrounded by a crowd. The scene includes classical architecture in the background and various characters with distinct expressions and clothing. One man is stoking the fire under the cauldron with a staff.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Philip Hofer

  • Dimensions

    image/block: 39 × 28.3 cm (15 3/8 × 11 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 39.2 × 28.4 cm (15 7/16 × 11 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1941.3.5

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Meder, no. 164

  • Series Title

    The Apocalypse

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Philip Hofer [1898-1984], Cambridge, MA; gift to NGA, 1941.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1970

  • Albrecht Dürer, 1471-1528: A Study Exhibition of Print Connoisseurship, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1970-1971, no. 35A.

1973

  • The Apocalypse, University of Maryland Art Gallery, College Park, 1973, no. 11 (catalogue erroneously lists an impression from the Rosenwald Collection).

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 left, in graphite by a later hand: B-288; lower right, in graphite by a later hand: D4375-

Markings

verso, bottom left: NGA stamp

Watermarks

imperial orb (Meder 53)

Wikidata ID

Q18338533

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