St. John before God and the Elders, 1498

Series titleApocalypse (sheet 2)

ArtistAlbrecht Dürer, Nürnberg 1471–1528 Nürnberg

Woodcut

Sheet dimensions40,5 × 29 cm

Status

on display, room 002

About the workAs chronicled in the Bible, John the Seer received a vision of God’s plan for the destruction and restoration of the world. Here we see John before God, holding a book with seven seals in his hand. With the opening of the seals, catastrophes will gradually befall mankind. The Nuremberg artist Albrecht Dürer created a sequence of images for a new edition of the text, known as the "Book of Revelation" or the "Apocalypse of John". They are distinguished by a fineness of line that was hitherto unprecedented in the medium of woodcut.

AccessionCollection of the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf

Provenance[…]; seit 1932 Dauerleihgabe der Kunstakademie Düsseldorf

Inventory numberKA (FP) 1972 D

Contact

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