Cleveland Museum of Art
Revelation of St. John: The Four Destroying Angels
Albrecht DürerLinkedCulture matchlcp-91cf98b472c5
- Date
- 1511
- Medium
- woodcut
- Culture
- Germany
- Department
- Prints
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 104617
From LinkedCulture
Four angels on horseback charge across this page with swords raised, trampling a writhing mass of human figures beneath their hooves, while God the Father watches from a throne above. Albrecht Dürer created this woodcut in Germany in 1511 as part of his celebrated Apocalypse series. Every shadow and swirling cloud is built entirely from cuts in wood, a technical achievement no other printmaker of his era could match. This series made Dürer the most famous artist in Europe.
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A detailed woodcut depicting a battle scene with angels and a central figure.
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- Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland
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