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Die Apokalypse, Einzeldrucke vor dem Text, Albrecht Dürer

Albrecht Dürer

Die Apokalypse, Einzeldrucke vor dem Text

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Albrecht Dürer

Die Apokalypse, Einzeldrucke vor dem Text, ca. 1497 – ca. 1498

Blatt: 390 x 280 mm

Inventory Number: 31489; 31498

Object Number: 31489 D; 31498 D

Status: See Parts

Work Data

Basic Information

Title: Die Apokalypse, Einzeldrucke vor dem Text

Artist

Albrecht Dürer

Part: Die apokalyptischen Reiter, aus der Folge der Apokalypse, Einzeldruck vor dem Text; Das Tier mit den Lammhörnern, aus der Folge der Apokalypse, Einzeldruck vor dem Text

Period Produced

15th century

Object Type

art print

Material

handmade paper

Technique

woodcut

Watermark: Meder 53 (Der Große Reichsapfel mit Strich und Stern)

Property and Acquisition

Work Content

Motifs and References

Iconclass

Primary

73G3111opening of the first seal: the man on the white horse with crown, bow and arrow (Victory)
73G3112opening of the second seal: the man on the red horse with a sword (War)
73G3113opening of the third seal: the man on the black horse with a pair of scales (Famine)
73G3114opening of the fourth seal: the man on the pale horse with a scythe (Death)
73G431the two-horned beast out of the earth and the beast out of the sea are worshipped
73G421the leopard-like beast with seven heads comes out of the sea and is worshipped together with the dragon
11C2God the Father represented as human being, usually with crown or tiara or sceptre and/or globe

Secondary

11Gangels
11G2activities of angels (in heaven)
31D14adult man
31D15adult woman

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18.07.2024