Title: The Emperor Maxentius Ordering the Burning of the Fifty Wise Men...
Object type: Drawing
Date: 1500–38
Artist:  Albrecht Altdorfer 
Artist bio: German, Regensburg ca. 1480–1538 Regensburg
Artist nationality: German
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, over black chalk; framing lines in pen and black ink
Dimensions: sheet: 6 5/8 x 6 5/16 in. (16.9 x 16 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit line: Purchase, Didier Aaron Inc. Gift, 2003
Department: Drawings and Prints
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Suffering, term: Men, term: Punishment