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The Seven Trumpets
(1496-1497)
from the 1511 Latin edition of The Apocalypse
Medium
woodcut
Measurements
39.4 × 27.9 cm (image; left border cropped) 39.6 × 28.0 cm (irregular sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1923
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Catalogue/s Raisonné
B.68; M.170; Holl.170 (3); K.112; S.W.41; T.133; P.188
Inscription
With monogram
Accession Number
1278.504-3
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) destruction (process) disasters God the Father (Christian character) punishing stars (motifs) trumpets (aerophones)
Movements
Renaissance
Watermarks
Watermark Form
Crowned Tower with Flower
Meder 259, Briquet 15863 (found in document dated 1473 in Augsbourg, Germany). This watermark represents the Ravensburg Coat of Arms. This paper was probably made in Ravensburg, Baden-Würtemberg where the second oldest paper mill in Germany was founded c. 1393–1394.
Completeness
partial
Chain Line Interval
55 mm
Laid Line Frequency
7 per cm
Placement and spacing of wires
167 x 8 [ 40 ] x 8
Wire Side
recto
Radiograph taken from
verso
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