The Martyrdom of the Ten Thousand

Provenance

Earl of Sunderland; sale 1881; John Postle Heseltine [1843-1929] (Lugt 1507), London; Henry Oppenheimer [1859-1932], London (his sale, London, Christie's, 10-14 July 1936, no. 52); Robert von Hirsch [1883-1977], Basel; (his estate sale, London, Sotheby's, 20 June 1978, lot 19); John R. Gaines [1928-2005], Lexington, KY; (his sale, New York, Sotheby's, 17 November 1986, no. 7); purchased by Ian Woodner, New York; by descent to Andrea and Dian Woodner, New York, 1990; given to NGA, 1991.

The Martyrdom of the Ten Thousand

Carpaccio, Vittore

c. 1514

Accession Number

1991.182.15.a

Medium

red chalk on laid paper, with unrelated short pen strokes

Dimensions

overall: 21.3 × 29.7 cm (8 3/8 × 11 11/16 in.)

Classification

Drawing

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Woodner Collection