The Opening of the Fifth and Sixth Seals, from the series The Apocalypse

ca. 1495–98, published 1511

Medium: Woodcut
Dimensions: sheet: 15 9/16 × 11 1/8 in. (39.5 × 28.2 cm)
Credit Line: Library Transfer, Gift of Paul Mellon, B.A. 1929, L.H.D.H 1967
Accession Number: 1956.16.3f
Geography: Made in Germany
Culture: German
Period: 16th century
Classification: Prints
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Provenance

Mary Mellon

Bibliography

Friedrich Wilhelm Hollstein, German Engravings, Etchings, and Woodcuts, 1400–1700, 78 (Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954–2010), vol. 7, p. 138, cat. 168

Object copyright

Additional information

Object/Work type

woodcuts

signed in the block, bottom center: AD (monogam)

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