Cleveland Museum of Art
Revelation of St. John: St. John Devouring the Books
Albrecht DürerLinkedCulture matchlcp-91cf98b472c5
- Date
- 1511
- Medium
- woodcut
- Culture
- Germany
- Department
- Prints
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 104618
From LinkedCulture
In this 1511 woodcut, Albrecht Dürer depicts one of the strangest moments in scripture, Saint John kneeling on a rocky shore, reaching up to receive a tiny scroll he has been commanded to eat. A radiant angel blazes above him, its face ringed with sunlike rays, while cherubs drift through layered clouds overhead. Every texture, cloth, stone, and divine light, is carved entirely from wood. This print belongs to Dürer's Apocalypse series, one of the most technically ambitious and influential print cycles ever made.
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- Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland
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