Detail View: Wetmore Print Collection: The Apocalypse #06 of 16 -- The Opening of the Fifth and Sixth Seals

Filename: 
FW-0355.jpg
Creator: 
DURER, Albrecht
Creation Date: 
1496-98
Primary Creation Century: 
15th Century
Title: 
The Apocalypse #06 of 16 -- The Opening of the Fifth and Sixth Seals
Object Type: 
print
Medium: 
woodcut
Donor: 
Fannie Wetmore, 1928; Donated 1928, purchased from F. Meder (Manhattan “Dealer in Old and Rare Prints”) in 1905 for $50 for entire portfolio, documented by receipt in our Wetmore archives
Dimensions: 
ours: 15 7/16 x 11 inches (39.2 x 27.9 cm) / reference: 15.5 x 11.125 inches (39.37 x 28.57 cm)
Comments: 
Christianity, Biblical events, end of the world, death, earthquakes, disasters, stars, sun, moon, Heaven, series
Box Number: 
Box22 print 15