L'Apocalypse (Edition latine) Les Quatre Anges vengeurs (Bartsch 69), GDUT4119

Four powerful winged angels wield swords to slaughter a crowd of people, including a pope, an emperor, and a cardinal, signifying that no earthly rank is exempt from divine wrath. In the upper portion of the scene, a divine figure appears behind a heavenly altar as angels blow trumpets and a supernatural cavalry of lion-headed, fire-breathing monsters charges across the clouds.

This work belongs to Dürer's 1498 Apocalypse series, which captured the intense millenarian and prophetic anxieties of late 15th-century Europe. It visually translates the complex eschatological imagery of the Book of Revelation, a cornerstone of Western Christian mysticism and apocalyptic thought.