, 2008. Fibreglass stone and airplane. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa. Purchased 2011. Photo © Roman März](/images/content/menuSeeGallery.png)
Benjamin West
The Death of General Wolfe (Detail), 1770
oil on canvas
152.6 x 214.5 cm
Transfer from the Canadian War Memorials, 1921 (Gift of the 2nd Duke of Westminster, England, 1918)
National Gallery of Canada (no. 8007)
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St. Bartholomew Adored by a Prince of the House of Saxony, c. 1515
Albrecht Dürer, Attributed to
German, 1471
- 1528
pen and grey-black ink over traces of black chalk on laid paper
14.6 x 12.4 cm
Purchased 1963
National Gallery of Canada (no. 9984)
St. Bartholomew was first crucified, then flayed, and finally beheaded. Here, the martyr holds his attribute, a sword, and places his hand on the head of a prince, who - because of the partially sketched coat of arms on the right - has been identified as Frederick the Wise, Duke of Saxony.
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