The Martyrdom of St. Erasmus by Lucas Cranach the Elder

Woodcut of a saint being martyred on a winch before soldiers and a mounted rider, with a castle on the hill behind.

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The Martyrdom of St. Erasmus, Lucas Cranach the Elder (1506), The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Via artnap.com

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A black-and-white woodcut showing a bound figure being disemboweled on a wooden winch while onlookers, including soldiers and a mounted rider, watch near a walled town on a hill. This is The Martyrdom of St. Erasmus by Lucas Cranach the Elder, dated 1506, in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The composition includes a bishop's mitre on the ground and heraldic shields in a tree.

Museum record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Date

1506

Medium

Woodcut; second of two

Dimensions

22.6 × 15.7 cm

Museum

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

License

CC0

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