# Martyrdom of St Ursula and the Eleven Thousand Virgins of Cologne

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## Artwork

- Artist: [MASTER of 1456](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/master-of-1456-rdaff8a1f76ec99>)
- Date: 1451-1500
- Technique: Oil on oak panel, 1128 x 109 cm

## Commentary

This painting once belonged a series of ten panels which were intended for the Klarenkloster, Cologne, commissioned by the van Scheyven family which had close ties with the cloister.

## Related artworks

- [Madonna on a Crescent Moon in Hortus Conclusus](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/master-of-1456-rdaff8a1f76ec99/madonna-on-a-crescent-moon-in-hortus-conclusus-r472146266b7175>)

## Attribution

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