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Object Type
book
print
Museum number
1895,0122.551
Title
Series:
Apocalypse
Description
The four angels of Death; above, God in Heaven is holding two trumpets, in the foreground the four angels are attacking with their swords a knight, pope, and ordinary people, with German letterpress text on the verso. One of 15 illustrations of the 1498 German edition. c.1496-8 Woodcut
Producer name
Print made by:
Albrecht Dürer
Printed by:
Anton Koberger
School/style
German
Production date
1498
Production place
Published in:
Nuremberg
Materials
paper
Technique
woodcut
Dimensions
Height:
398 millimetres
Width:
287 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
This is the ninth woodcut from a bound set of the German edition of Dürer's Apocalypse.
Bibliographic references
Meder 1932 / Dürer Katalog
(171)
(1498 German edition)
Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur
(VII.128.69)
Dodgson 1903, 1911 / Catalogue of Early German and Flemish Woodcuts in the BM, 2 vols
(I.260.1)
Schoch 2001-04 / Albrecht Dürer, das druckgraphische Werk. 3 vols I Intaglio, II Woodcuts, III Book illustrations
(II.119)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
revelations
Associated titles
Associated Title:
Die heimliche Offenbaru[n]g ioh[an]nis
Acquisition name
Donated by:
William Mitchell
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
John Towneley
Acquisition date
1895
Acquisition notes
For a fuller description of the provenance of this set, see 1895,0122.543
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1895,0122.551
Conservation
Treatment
: 15 Sep 1993