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Soldier Slaying a Saint with an Ax

Soldier Slaying a Saint with an Ax

Artist/Maker (German, 1434–1519)
Artist/Maker (German, ca. 1458–1494)
Date1493
MediumWoodcut
DimensionsImage/Sheet: 5 5/8 × 4 5/16 in. (14.3 × 11 cm)
Credit LineOberlin-Carnegie Corporation Fund
Portfoliofrom the Nuremberg Chronicle
Object number1931.54
Status
Not on view
More Information
Michael Wolgemut was a prominent Nuremburg-based artist, well known today for having once taught Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528). This illustration of a saint's beheading is one of many works by Wolgemut to appear in the first edition of Hartmann Schedel's Nuremberg Chronicle (1493). This text, which aimed to provide a comprehensive history of the world, quickly became a veritable best-seller in Renaissance Europe. The unprecedented number of illustrations included in the Chronicle, over 1800 in total, was a major factor contributing to the book's success.
Exhibition History
Northern Renaissance Prints and Drawings
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (November 6, 1990 - January 27, 1991 )
The Blessed and the Damned: Jesuits and Jews in the Visual Arts
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (March 14, 1997 - June 1, 1997 )
Printing Practice: Religious Prints from the Renaissance
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (September 6, 2012 - December 23, 2012 )
Collections
  • European
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