Die sieben Posaunenengel, aus der Folge der Apokalypse, Latein-Ausgabe 1511, ca. 1496 – 1497

Title

Die sieben Posaunenengel, aus der Folge der Apokalypse, Latein-Ausgabe 1511

Artist

• Albrecht Dürer

Part Number / Total

8 / 16

Period Produced

• 15th century
• 16th century

Object Type

• art print

Material

• handmade paper

Technique

• woodcut

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Monogrammiert unten Mitte: AD

Watermark

• Meder 259 (Turm mit Krone und Blume)

Work Catalogues

• Bartsch VII.128.68
• Meder 1932.155.170
• Schoch/Mende/Scherbaum 2.84.118
• Hollstein German VII.139.170
• TIB 1001.268

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• Biblical portrayal
• historical narration

Main Motif

• God the Father
• angel
• man
• group of people
• animal
• coastal landscape

Persons Shown

• God the Father

Associated Persons and Institutions

• Anton Koberger

Illustrated Passage

• Bibel, Neues Testament, Offenbarung 8,1-13
• Bibel, Neues Testament, Offenbarung 9,1-3

Primary

• 11C God the Father
• 73G321 the first of the seven angels sounds the trumpet: hail, fire and blood is cast upon the earth
• 73G322 the second of the seven angels sounds the trumpet: a great burning mountain is cast into the sea
• 73G323 the third of the seven angels sounds the trumpet: a great burning star (Wormwood) poisons the rivers and fountains
• 73G324 the fourth of the seven angels sounds the trumpet: the sun, the moon and the stars are partially darkened
• 73G325 the fifth of the seven angels sounds the trumpet: the falling star opens up the bottomless pit: smoke comes out
• 73G327 the seventh of the seven angels sounds the trumpet: adoration in heaven