Martyrdom of the Ten Thousand [SEP] collection
Martyrdom of the Ten Thousand
The Martyrdom of the Ten Thousand is an oil painting by Albrecht Dürer, dating to 1508 and now at the Kunsthistorisches Museum of Vienna, Austria. It is signed on a cartouche which hangs from the artist's self-portrait in the center, saying "Iste fatiebat Ano Domini 1508 Albertus Dürer Aleman".
History.
The painting was commissioned by Frederick III, Elector of Saxony for the All Saints' Church, Wittenberg. Frederick had been Dürer's patron since 1496. He himself
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