Die Apokalypse, Urausgabe Deutsch 1498, ca. 1496 – ca. 1497

Title

Die Apokalypse, Urausgabe Deutsch 1498

Artist

• Albrecht Dürer

Part

Die heimlich offenbarung iohannis

Die Marter des Evangelisten Johannes, aus der Folge der Apokalypse, Urausgabe Deutsch 1498

St. John before God and the Elders

The Opening of the Fifth and Sixth Seals

Michaels Kampf mit dem Drachen, aus der Folge der Apokalypse, Urausgabe Deutsch 1498

Das babylonische Weib, aus der Folge der Apokalypse, Urausgabe Deutsch 1498

Period Produced

• 15th century

Object Type

• art print

Material

• handmade paper

Technique

• woodcut

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• literary representation
• Biblical portrayal
• historical narration
• depiction of a saint

Main Motif

• Saint John the Evangelist
• God the Father
• Domitian
• Eve
• Adam
• Adam and Eve
• Abel
• Michael (archangel)
• devil
• worship
• martyrdom
• woman
• man
• group of people
• angel
• animal
• star (heavenly body)
• Babylon
• Euphrates
• sign

Persons Shown

• John the Evangelist
• Domitian (Roman emperor)
• God the Father
• Eve
• Adam
• Adam and Eve
• Abel
• Michael (archangel)
• Devil

Associated Persons and Institutions

• Anton Koberger

Illustrated Passage

• siehe Einzeldarstellung

Primary

• 73F2351 martyrdom of John in front of the Porta Latina: he is put in a cauldron of boiling oil, but remains unharmed
• 73G211 God on his throne, surrounded by the twenty-four elders (wearing crowns and playing harps) and the four Beasts
• 73G312 opening of the fifth seal: white robes are given to (the souls of) the martyrs under the altar
• 73G313 opening of the sixth seal: a great earthquake, the sun turns black, the moon red as blood, and the stars fall on earth; mankind hiding in caves
• 73G412 Michael and his angels fighting against the dragon and his followers; the dragon (Devil, Satan) is cast out of heaven
• 73G491 the scarlet woman, the whore of Babylon; she is usually sitting on a scarlet beast with seven heads and ten horns
• 98B(DOMITIANUS, Titus Flavius) male persons from classical history (DOMITIANUS, Titus Flavius)

Secondary

• 25I5 landscape with tower or castle
• 45B the soldier; the soldier's life
• 46A7 crowd, mob
• 49L1 letters, alphabet, script