Martyrdom of a Saint (after 1866): Art, History and Details

Martyrdom of a Saint (after 1866) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Hermann Samuel Ratzerdorfer (Austrian, 1815–1891).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

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.

Object facts

• Title: Martyrdom of a Saint
• Date: after 1866
• Creator attribution: Hermann Samuel Ratzerdorfer (Austrian, 1815–1891)
• Culture: Northern Italy, early 16th century
• Type: Sculpture
• Technique: silver
• Dimensions: Overall: 9.6 x 5.5 cm (3 3/4 x 2 3/16 in.)
• Collection: Sculpture
• Department: European Painting and Sculpture
• Accession number: 1970.122

Collection credit

Gift of Mrs. Chester D. Tripp

View the collection record

See the museum's photographs and full catalogue entry. Catalogue text is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art's open-access data, with HTML formatting removed. This object and its supplied image are designated CC0.