Cleveland Museum of Art
The Martyrdom of St. Catherine
Albrecht DürerLinkedCulture matchlcp-91cf98b472c5
- Date
- c. 1497–99
- Medium
- woodcut
- Culture
- Germany
- Department
- Prints
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 106212
From LinkedCulture
At the very moment the spiked wheel should have killed her, lightning tears it apart, and Dürer freezes that instant in this woodcut from around 1497 to 1499. Catherine kneels in ornate dress at the center, hands clasped, while jagged fragments splinter around her and rays of divine light break through storm clouds overhead. Dürer's densely hatched lines give this print a depth and drama that redefined what woodcut could achieve, pushing the medium into territory usually reserved for painting.
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A dramatic scene depicting a group of people near a volcanic eruption, with a man holding a sword and a woman in a flowing dress reaching towards a burning structure.
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- Dudley P. Allen Fund
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