Cleveland Museum of Art
Revelation of St. John: Title Page to the Apocalypse
Albrecht DürerLinkedCulture matchlcp-91cf98b472c5
- Date
- 1511
- Medium
- woodcut
- Culture
- Germany
- Department
- Prints
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 104616
From LinkedCulture
This title page is the front door to one of the most ambitious print projects the Renaissance ever produced. Albrecht Dürer designed, printed, and published his Apocalypse series himself, and this 1511 woodcut opens it with Gothic blackletter calligraphy framed by foliate flourishes, while Saint John sits among clouds beside his eagle symbol and the crowned Virgin glows on a crescent moon below. It matters because Dürer proved a single artist could reach thousands of viewers at once through print.
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A religious illustration featuring a seated figure and a child on a crescent moon.
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- Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland
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