The Opening of the Fifth and Sixth Seals
Albrecht Dürer
c. 1497
Medium
woodcut on laid paper
Dimensions
block: 39.2 x 28.3 cm (15 7/16 x 11 1/8 in.) sheet: 39.4 x 28.4 cm (15 1/2 x 11 3/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen
Accession Number
2005.145.12
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 ...