Saint John before God and the Elders, from The Apocalypse
Albrecht Dürer
n.d.
Medium
Woodcut
Dimensions
Approx. 15 7/16 x 11 in. (39.2 x 27.9 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Marjorie H. Holden, in memory of Dr. Florence Halpern, 2006
Accession Number
2006.319
Tags
ApocalypseSaintsGod the FatherAngels
About the Artist
Albrecht Dürer · 1471–1528
Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528) stands as the preeminent figure of the Northern Renaissance and arguably the most influential artist in the history of printmaking. Born in Nuremberg on May 21, 1471, and dying in the same city on April 6, 1528, Dürer revolutionized the status of the artist in Northern Europe, transforming printmaking from a commercial craft into an independent fine art and establishing ...