Home›Sacred Objects, Dress & Symbols›Sacred Art & Iconography›Saint Bartholomew (Durer, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 19.73.55)Sacred Art & IconographySaint Bartholomew (Durer, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 19.73.55)Engraving, Albrecht Durer, Germany, 1523, Metropolitan Museum of Art 19.73.55Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Saint Bartholomew (Durer, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 19.73.55)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://www.divinityatlas.com/sacred-art-iconography/saint-bartholomew-durer-met-19-73-55.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Saint Bartholomew (Durer, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 19.73.55). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://www.divinityatlas.com/sacred-art-iconography/saint-bartholomew-durer-met-19-73-55Copy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-saint-bartholomew-durer-metropolitan-mus, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Saint Bartholomew (Durer, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 19.73.55)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://www.divinityatlas.com/sacred-art-iconography/saint-bartholomew-durer-met-19-73-55}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXScriptural and Theological TraditionVerifiedAn engraving by the German artist Albrecht Durer, dated 1523, showing the apostle Bartholomew. Held today by the Metropolitan Museum of Art under accession 19.73.55, Fletcher Fund, 1919.FactsCross-Tradition ConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsOriginsAttributed ToWell-attestedBartholomew is traditionally shown holding the flaying knife that recalls the manner of his martyrdom, said to have been flayed alive; Durer's engraving keeps that attribute. The print belongs to a run of single apostle and saint engravings Durer produced in the 1520s, near the end of his life, a turn toward isolated devotional figures after the narrative print cycles, such as the Life of the Virgin and the Small Passion, that had occupied him earlier in his career. 1Cross-Tradition ConnectionsBelongs to TraditionChristianity, Religions Well-attested Source Saint Bartholomew, accession 19.73.55 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)tier 1DepictsBartholomew, Figures Well-attested The print's directly named subject per the museum's own title, dated 1523, matching the corroborating Wikipedia record's account of the flaying attributes that became standard for Bartholomew from the sixteenth century onward.Source Saint Bartholomew, accession 19.73.55 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)tier 1Additional Source Bartholomew the Apostle (Wikipedia)tier 3Sources1. Saint Bartholomew, accession 19.73.55 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)tier 1Metropolitan Museum of ArtView the SourceBartholomew the Apostle (Wikipedia)tier 3WikipediaDepicts: BartholomewQuote, Depicts: BartholomewBartholomew is most commonly depicted holding his flayed skin and the knife with which he was skinned.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year