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Albrecht Dürer
The Martyrdom of Saint John the Evangelist1498

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Woodcut print with bold black lines showing a man being boiled in a cauldron over open flames, surrounded by a crowd of figures in robes and turbans, with a walled city in the distance

Albrecht Dürer, The Martyrdom of Saint John the Evangelist, 1498, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles County Fund, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Albrecht Dürer
Title
The Martyrdom of Saint John the Evangelist
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
1498
Medium
Woodcut
Dimensions
Sheet: 15 1/4 × 11 1/4 in. (38.74 × 28.58 cm) Image: 15 1/4 × 11 in. (38.74 × 27.94 cm)
Credit Line
Los Angeles County Fund
Accession Number
69.4
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Selected Bibliography
  • Bartsch, Adam von. The Illustrated Bartsch. New York: Abaris Books, 1978.
  • Meder, Joseph. Dürer-Katalog, ein handbuch über Albrecht Dürers stiche, radierungen, Holzschnitte, deren zustände, ausgaben und wasserzeichen. Germany, Wien: Gilhofer & Rauschburg, 1932.
  • Hollstein, F. W. H. Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings, and Woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Amsterdam: M. Hertzberger, 1949.