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Albrecht Dürer: The Martyrdom of St John  wikidata:Q18338533 reasonator:Q18338533
Artist
Albrecht Dürer  (1471–1528)  wikidata:Q5580 s:en:Author:Albrecht Dürer q:en:Albrecht Dürer
 
Albrecht Dürer
Alternative names
Albrecht Dürer
Description German painter, printmaker, mathematician, illuminator, copper engraver and art theorist
Date of birth/death 21 May 1471 Edit this at Wikidata 6 April 1528 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Nuremberg Edit this at Wikidata Nuremberg Edit this at Wikidata
Work period 1484 Edit this at Wikidata–1528 Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
Nuremberg (1484–1490), Basel (1490–1494), Strasbourg (1490–1494), Colmar (1490–1494), Frankfurt (1490–1494), Mainz (1490–1494), Cologne (1490–1494), Nuremberg (21 May 1494–1528), Innsbruck (1494), Venice (1494–1495), 1505–1506), Bologna (1505–1506), Milan (1505–1506), Florence (1505–1506), Rome (1505–1506), Augsburg (1518), Antwerp (1521)
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artist QS:P170,Q5580
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Title
The Martyrdom of St John the Evangelist
Series title Apocalypse Edit this at Wikidata
Object type woodcut print Edit this at Wikidata
Genre religious art Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: Does not refer to the Revelations, but an event in the life of the saint. The Roman emperor Domitian sitting on his throne on the left. According to legend, John was sentenced to be boiled in a cauldron of oil for his refusal to worship pagan gods. He remained unharmed by this ordeal and was set free.
Date between circa 1496 and circa 1497
date QS:P571,+1496-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1496-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1497-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium woodcut print on paper
Dimensions height: 39 cm (15.3 in); width: 27.7 cm (10.9 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,39U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,27.7U174728
institution QS:P195,Q6373
Current location
Prints & Drawings
Accession number
E,3.130 ?
Place of creation Nuremberg Edit this at Wikidata
Inscriptions Latin text in letterpress on the verso. One impression of the 1511 Latin edition of a series of 15 woodcuts; Signed on the block.
References British Museum
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Source/Photographer British Museum
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British Museum, 1498, 1895,0122.575

British Museum, 1498, 1895,0122.54

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