File:Houghton Typ Inc 2121A - Dürer, Apocalypse, 17.jpg

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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 Nuremberg
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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creator QS:P170,Q5580
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Title
The Apocalypse of Saint John Edit this at Wikidata
title QS:P1476,en:"The Apocalypse of Saint John Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Len,"The Apocalypse of Saint John Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Lit,"Martirio di san Giovanni"
label QS:Lfr,"Le Martyre de saint Jean"
label QS:Luk,"Мучеництво Святого Іоанна"
label QS:Lnl,"Het martelaarschap van Johannes de Evangelist"
label QS:Lel,"Το μαρτύριο του Αγίου Ιωάννη"
label QS:Lpt,"Martírio de São João"
label QS:Lde,"Martyrium des Evangelisten Johannes"
label QS:Leo,"La martirado de Sankta Johano"
label QS:Lru,"Мученичество Иоанна Богослова"
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 1498
date QS:P,+1496-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1496-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1498-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
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Medium woodcut print on paper
Dimensions height: 39.2 cm (15.4 in) Edit this at Wikidata; width: 28.3 cm (11.1 in) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048,+39.2U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+28.3U174728
institution QS:P195,Q160236
institution QS:P195,Q658725
institution QS:P195,Q391976
institution QS:P195,Q163804
institution QS:P195,Q6373
institution QS:P195,Q214867
institution QS:P195,Q1641836
institution QS:P195,Q657415
institution QS:P195,Q555946
institution QS:P195,Q3783572
institution QS:P195,Q570620
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.
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English: Illustration from Apocalipsis cu[m] figuris, Nuremburg: 1498, by Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528). Typ Inc 2121A, Houghton Library, Harvard University
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Source/Photographer Typ Inc 2121A, Houghton Library, Harvard University
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