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Saint Paul, from The Martyrdom of the Apostles
Lucas Cranach the ElderLinkedCulture matchlcp-a38e74af5bec
- Date
- c. 1512
- Medium
- Woodcut in black on ivory laid paper
- Culture
- Germany
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Object ID
- 45791
Lucas Cranach’s depiction of the martyrdom of Saint Matthew gruesomely displays his decapitated head bouncing away from his body, which is still bleeding. This single-sheet impression dates from the first printing of the series in 1512. These woodblocks were later reused in a 1548 printing of The Apostles Creed , which also included tamer views of saints’ enshrined remains from Cranach’s 1509 Reliquary Book .
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- Credit line
- Clarence Buckingham Collection
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- Object type
- AAT300041273
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