Title

'Martyrdom of the Ten Thousand Christians on Mt Ararat', 1495-1497, (1936). Artist: Albrecht Dürer

Caption

'Martyrdom of the Ten Thousand Christians on Mt Ararat', 1495-1497, (1936). A print from Durer, Und Seine Zeit, by Wilhelm Waetzoldt, Grosse Phaidon Ausgabe, 1936.
The Print Collector collection

Date

1936

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C37_067

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (6,6Mb) / 12,0in x 16,2in / 3588 x 4873 (300dpi)

Keywords

Germany hillside religious landscape German mountain mountains country religion day violence rocky geography force death cliff cliffs Christian Christianity pushing location century Iran Iranian concept violent B&W 1940s MONOCHROME beheaded Mount Ararat decapitated Forties black & white black and white B W Persian Persia 20th century decapitation martyr massacre 15th century The Print Collector beheading carnage decade fifteenth century geographical feature martyrdom TGN King Saporat ten thousand woodcut Albrecht Durer Albert Durer King Wilhelm Wilhelm Waetzoldt Waetzoldt Saporat Albrecht Dürer Dürer Albrecht Durer Albrecht Wilhelm Waetzoldt woodcut