Artist: Albrecht Dürer (Germany, 1471 - 1528).
Title: The Martyrdom of the Ten Thousand.
Signed in plate: monogram at the bottom.
Dimensions: 15 3/8" x 11 1/8".
Date: circa 1496.
Materials and Techniques: woodcut on laid paper.
Provenance: The Estate of George "Yorgo" Demetrakopoulos; professor, assistant director of the Medieval Institute, and assistant to the dean at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, from 1965-2000.
Condition: Tears, spots, wear in the block, loss to the upper right corner, laid on another sheet of paper. Trimmed to image. A bad impression probably caused by a worn plate. The signs of aging are appropriate for the time. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Catalog Raisonne: A. Bartsch T.7. p. 140, No. 117.
Museums and Libraries: The British Museum 1895,0122.698.
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: German School XV C.
Note: This entry incorporates text from the catalog entry and uses the catalog description of the same item from the collection of the British Museum.
The block for the print survives in the British Museum (P&D 1919,1111.1).