Art, literature & history
The Emperor Maxentius Ordering the Burning of the Fifty Wise Men...
1500–1538
- Dating
- Date range
- Medium
- Pen and brown ink, and wash over black chalk
- Dimensions
- sheet: 6 5/8 x 6 5/16 in. (16.9 x 16 cm)
- Collection no.
- 2003.3
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Albrecht Altdorfer. The Emperor Maxentius Ordering the Burning of the Fifty Wise Men.... The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
About this artwork
The Emperor Maxentius Ordering the Burning of the Fifty Wise Men... — Albrecht Altdorfer. 1500–1538.
Medium: Pen and brown ink, and wash over black chalk. Dimensions: sheet: 6 5/8 x 6 5/16 in. (16.9 x 16 cm).
Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Credit line: Purchase, Didier Aaron Inc. Gift, 2003.
This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.