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DÜRER, Albrecht: The Martyrdom of the Ten Thousand

🖼 The Martyrdom of the Ten Thousand, 1508
Oil on canvas transferred from panel
99 × 87 cm
Vienna, Austria

Chaotic violence unfolds across a dense landscape where thousands of tiny figures writhe in execution and torment, rendered with meticulous detail and layered composition. Dürer's intricate print visualizes a legendary Christian martyrdom, demonstrating Northern Renaissance mastery of scale, narrative complexity, and woodcut technique.

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E. H. Gombrich
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