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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
The Martyrdom of St. Catherine of Alexandria.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

The Martyrdom of St. Catherine of Alexandria.

Artist Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471-1528)
Dateca. 1498
MediumWoodcut
DimensionsOverall: 15 5/8 x 11 3/16 in. (39.6 x 28.4 cm)
ClassificationsEuropean art
Credit LineBequest of Goldsborough Serpell
Object number46.76.98
On View
Not on view
DescriptionWoodcut on heavy laid paper. Saint Catherine before she suffers a martyr's death. She is kneeling before the wheel that she was to be killed on, but it collapsed at God's command and fire rains on the heathens. The man behind her draws his sword, as she was beheaded.

4x5 transparency scanned on Hasselblad Flextight X1 by Ed Pollard-2018.
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Image scanned and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Albrecht Dürer
1471-1528
New photography by Ed Pollard captured with a digital camera-2008.
Albrecht Dürer
1498
Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Ed Pollard-2008.
Albrecht Dürer
ca. 1497-1511
Image scanned and/or photographed, then color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
Albrecht Dürer
ca. 1497-1511
Image scanned and/or photographed, then color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
Albrecht Dürer
ca. 1497-1511
Image scanned and/or photographed, then color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
Albrecht Dürer
ca. 1497-1511
Image scanned and/or photographed, then color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
Albrecht Dürer
ca. 1497-1511