The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of April 20, 2024

Martyrdom of a Saint

Martyrdom of a Saint

after 1866
(Austrian, 1815–1891)
Overall: 9.6 x 5.5 cm (3 3/4 x 2 3/16 in.)
Location: not on view

Description

Recent research has revealed that this plaquette—long characterized as an Italian object from the 1500s—is indeed by the hand of a 19th-century silversmith working in Vienna. The subject of the Renaissance-style object also cannot be precisely identified, although it was long associated with the beheading of Saint Paul.
  • Dr. Jacob Hirsch (New York, New York)
    Bank Leu (Zurich, Switzerland)
    Mrs. Chester D. Tripp, by gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1970.
  • Collecting Drawings in England. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 3, 1987-January 17, 1988).
    Master Goldsmiths of the Renaissance: Their Models and Designs. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 2, 1982-March 20, 1983).
    Year in Review: 1970. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 10-March 7, 1971).
  • {{cite web|title=Martyrdom of a Saint|url=false|author=Hermann Samuel Ratzerdorfer|year=after 1866|access-date=20 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1970.122