Beheading of Saint Barbara, c. 1501
Anonymous Master M. Z.expand_more
Engravingexpand_more
Gift of Herschel V. Jones, 1926expand_more P.10,962
Not on Viewexpand_more
According to legend, the nobleman Dioscurus was so afraid that a suitor would captivate his beloved daughter Barbara that he shut her away in a tower. She managed to convert to Christianity by corresponding with a teacher in Alexandria, which infuriated her father, who was a heathen. As punishment he cut off her head, a fate that Master MZ shows her enduring with a martyr's grace. This print demonstrates the peculiarities that scholars invariably associate with his work, including oddities of scale and stiff, awkward poses.
Details
- Title
- Beheading of Saint Barbara
- Artist Life
- active c. 1500
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- P.10,962
- Provenance
- Albertina duplicate (L.5g); Knoedler & Co., 1926
- Catalogue Raisonne
- Bartsch 9
- Curator Approved
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