File:Martyrdom of St John (CBL WEp 0018).jpg

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Martyrdom of St John. Woodcut, c. 1498, printed 1511 (CBL WEp 0018)

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Albrecht Dürer: The Martyrdom of St John

Artist



Alternative names	Albrecht Dürer
Description	German painter, printmaker, mathematician, illuminator, copper engraver and art theorist
Date of birth/death	21 May 1471	6 April 1528
Location of birth/death	Nuremberg	Nuremberg
Work period	1484 –1528
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)
Authority file	: Q5580 VIAF: 54146999 ISNI: 0000000120961368 ULAN: 500115493 LCCN: n79118011 NLA: 35051029 WorldCat

Title

The Apocalypse of Saint John

Series title

Apocalypse

Object type

woodcut print

Genre

religious art

Description

English: Martyrdom of St John. Woodcut, Germany, c. 1498, printed 1511. Chester Beatty Library WEp 0018

Date

c. 1498, printed 1511

Medium

laid paper and woodcut print

Dimensions

height: 39.2 cm (15.4 in)

; width: 28.3 cm (11.1 in)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

	Native name	Metropolitan Museum of Art
	Location	Manhattan, New York City, United States of America
	Coordinates	40° 46′ 46″ N, 73° 57′ 48″ W
	Established	1870
	Website	www.metmuseum.org
	Authority file	: Q160236 VIAF: 126238294 ISNI: 0000000419368761 ULAN: 500125157 LCCN: n79129629 NLA: 36247933 WorldCat

Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe

	Native name	Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe
	Location	Karlsruhe
	Coordinates	49° 00′ 42.84″ N, 8° 24′ 00″ E
	Established	1759
	Website	www.kunsthalle-karlsruhe.de
	Authority file	: Q658725 VIAF: 139030426 ISNI: 000000040565103X ULAN: 500300796 LCCN: n79074432 NLA: 36080876 WorldCat

Chester Beatty Library

	Native name	Chester Beatty
	Location	Dublin
	Coordinates	53° 20′ 31.2″ N, 6° 16′ 01.2″ W
	Established	1950
	Website	chesterbeatty.ie
	Authority file	: Q391976 VIAF: 127596636 ISNI: 0000000404881060 LCCN: n80050107 SUDOC: 027374297 BNF: 122059908 WorldCat

Städel Museum

	Native name	Städelsches Kunstinstitut und Städtische Galerie
	Location	Frankfurt
	Coordinates	50° 06′ 11.52″ N, 8° 40′ 25.32″ E
	Established	1816
	Website	https://www.staedelmuseum.de/
	Authority file	: Q163804 VIAF: 168582448 ISNI: 0000000122045232 ULAN: 500212565 LCCN: n83038441 GND: 5313082-0 WorldCat

British Museum

	Native name	British Museum
	Location	London
	Coordinates	51° 31′ 10″ N, 0° 07′ 37″ W
	Established	1753
	Website	www.britishmuseum.org
	Authority file	: Q6373 VIAF: 134857252 ISNI: 0000000123428817 ULAN: 500125180 LCCN: n79107735 NLA: 35022119 WorldCat

National Gallery of Art

	Native name	National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
	Location	Washington, D.C., United States of America
	Coordinates	38° 53′ 29″ N, 77° 01′ 12″ W
	Established	17 March 1941
	Website	www.nga.gov
	Authority file	: Q214867 VIAF: 3064149198328574940008 ISNI: 0000000123753994 ULAN: 500115983 LCCN: n79054426 NAID: 10479068 WorldCat

Prints in the National Gallery of Art
Parent institution	National Gallery of Art
Location	National Gallery of Art , United States of America
Website	www.nga.gov/collection/prints.html
Authority file	: Q64946756

Rosenwald Collection
Parent institution	National Gallery of Art
Authority file	: Q62274660

Los Angeles County Museum of Art

	Native name	Los Angeles County Museum of Art
	Parent institution	Los Angeles County
	Location	Los Angeles
	Coordinates	34° 03′ 48.13″ N, 118° 21′ 32.98″ W
	Established	1910
	Website	http://www.lacma.org/
	Authority file	: Q1641836 VIAF: 977145857891723021009 ISNI: 0000000404286157 LCCN: n78097041 SUDOC: 029887194 NKC: ko2003186518 WorldCat

Cleveland Museum of Art

	Native name	Cleveland Museum of Art
	Location	Cleveland, United States of America
	Coordinates	41° 30′ 32″ N, 81° 36′ 42″ W
	Established	1913 (Officially opened in 1916)
	Website	www.clevelandart.org
	Authority file	: Q657415 VIAF: 125472356 ISNI: 0000000419367873 ULAN: 500209693 LCCN: n78087650 NLA: 35029027 WorldCat

Kupferstichkabinett Berlin

	Native name	Kupferstichkabinett Berlin
	Parent institution	Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
	Location	Berlin, Germany
	Coordinates	52° 30′ 30.24″ N, 13° 22′ 01.2″ E
	Established	1831
	Website	smb.museum/museen-und-einrichtungen/kupferstichkabinett
	Authority file	: Q555946 VIAF: 235339436 ISNI: 0000000122485094 GND: 2016864-0 SUDOC: 027469638 BNF: 119886243

Harvard Art Museums

	Native name	Harvard Art Museums
	Parent institution	Harvard University
	Location	Cambridge , United States of America
	Coordinates	42° 22′ 27″ N, 71° 06′ 53″ W
	Established	1895
	Website	www.harvardartmuseums.org
	Authority file	: Q3783572 VIAF: 144524678 ISNI: 0000000110342264 ULAN: 500372593 LCCN: no2008065752 GND: 4445500-8 WorldCat

Kupferstich-Kabinett Dresden

	Native name	Kupferstichkabinett Dresden
	Parent institution	Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
	Location	Dresden, Germany
	Coordinates	51° 03′ 09.72″ N, 13° 44′ 12.84″ E
	Established	1720
	Website	www.skd.museum
	Authority file	: Q570620 VIAF: 266713144 ISNI: 0000000109455210 ULAN: 500242083 LCCN: n81027909 GND: 2017065-8 WorldCat

Accession number

WEp 0018

Place of creation

Nuremberg

References

Authority file

: Q18338533
GND: 1069790729

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part of the series: Apocalypse
based on: Book of Revelation

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