Martyrdom of the Ten Thousand

It is recorded as the work of Albrecht Dürer. Materials recorded for it are oil paint, transferred on canvas and panel. The record gives 1508 as its date of establishment or first appearance. It is associated with German Renaissance. Recorded genres are religious art. It is recorded in the collection of Kunsthistorisches Museum and Castle Church, Wittenberg.

• Title — Martyrdom of the Ten Thousand • Artist — Albrecht Dürer • Year — 1508 • Type — Oil on panel transferred to canvas • Height Metric — 99 • Width Metric — 87 • Metric Unit — cm • Imperial Unit — in • Museum — Kunsthistorisches Museum • City — Vienna

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 chose the subject, as his collection of relics included some of the Ten thousand martyrs. • Illustration — The similar 1496 woodcut. Dürer had used the same subject for a woodcut of some ten years before, but in the new work he eliminated some macabre details such as the torture of the bishop Acacius, having his eyes stripped through a drill. This scene was replaced by a crucifixion on the right and by the presence of the bishop in chains behind it. • Illustration — Detail of the forest. The work was repeatedly mentioned in the correspondence between the artist and Jakob Heller of Frankfurt. Dürer received 280 florins for it.

Martyrdom of the Ten Thousand is recorded as made of oil paint, transferred on canvas and panel. Recorded from 1508.