Albrecht DÜRER
The Opening of the Fifth and Sixth Seals
(c. 1497-1498)
from The Apocalypse series, 1498 German edition

Medium
woodcut

Measurements
38.0 × 25.2 cm irreg. (image and sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1923

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Catalogue/s Raisonné
Bartsch 65

Inscription
incised (in image) l.c.: AD (monogram) (lower portion of monogram cropped)

Accession Number
1278.499-3

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest

Subjects (general)
Human Figures Religion and Mythology

Subjects (specific)
altars (religious fixtures) angels (spirits) Apocalypse (New Testament narrative) destruction (process) disasters martyrs stars (motifs)

Movements
Renaissance