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The Opening of the Fifth and Sixth Seals

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)
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
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1923
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display
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