Verso of Sheet with Fragment of The Destroying Angels, from The Apocalypse
Hans Burgkmair|Silvan Otmar
1523–24
Medium
Woodcut
Dimensions
Sheet: 6 7/16 × 5 1/16 in. (16.3 × 12.9 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1963
Accession Number
63.705.9
Tags
AngelsApocalypse
About the Artist
Hans Burgkmair|Silvan Otmar · 1473–1531
Hans Burgkmair the Elder (1473–1531) was a German painter and printmaker who became one of the leading artists of the Renaissance in Augsburg. Born into a family of painters — his father, Thoman Burgkmair, was a respected artist — he likely received his initial training in his father's workshop. He may also have studied with Martin Schongauer in Colmar, and a probable visit to Italy around 1507 ex...