Albrecht DÜRER
The Four Angels Staying the Winds
Indeterminable {(probably 1497-98) (Panofsky)}
from the 1511 Latin edition of The Apocalypse

Medium
woodcut

Measurements
39.4 × 28.2 cm (image and sheet) sheet trimmed to borders

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

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Catalogue/s Raisonné
B.66; M.169; Holl.169 (3); K.111; S.W.52; T.125; P.286

Inscription
With monogram

Accession Number
1278.508-3

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)
angels (spirits) Apocalypse (New Testament narrative) chalices (liturgical vessels) crosses (visual works) Four Winds (allegorical characters) swords wind (weather phenomena)

Movements
Renaissance