Martelaarschap van de tienduizend (zevende deel)

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verzamelaarsmerk, verso, gestempeld: Lugt 240

Art Historical Context

Domenico Campagnola's *Martelaarschap van de tienduizend (zevende deel)*, created around 1515–1520, captures the dramatic intensity of the legendary Martyrdom of the Ten Thousand Christian soldiers, a popular Renaissance subject drawn from early medieval hagiography. As the seventh installment in a series, this work reflects the Venetian artist's mastery of religious narrative, influenced by the High Renaissance emphasis on emotional depth and human suffering. Campagnola, a prominent engraver and pupil of Titian, bridged painting and printmaking during Venice's golden age of graphic arts. The...

About the Artist

Domenico Campagnola · 1500–1564

Domenico Campagnola (c. 1500–1564), a Venetian Renaissance painter, engraver, and pioneering draftsman, was born around 1500, likely in Venice to German parents, and became a child prodigy under the tutelage of his adoptive father, Giulio Campagnola. Apprenticed to Giulio around 1507 in Venice, he mastered painting, drawing, engraving, and woodcutting from the esteemed Paduan engraver, whose stipp...