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Antonio da Trento

The Martyrdom of St. Peter and St. Paul

c. 1527–1530/1531
chiaroscuro woodcut (in two shades of brown and black)

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The Martyrdom of St. Peter and St. Paul is the only three.block print that Antonio da Trento produced in Bologna between 1527 and 1530, as well as the most ambitious in scale and conception.

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