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The central Lamb, bearing a banner, stands atop a celestial arc while an elder catches blood from its breast in a chalice. Below, a dense crowd of the redeemed holds palm branches in worship, while St. John the Evangelist kneels in the lower foreground witnessing the revelation. The sky is populated by the winged Tetramorph and rays of light, contrasting with a tranquil earthly landscape at the bottom.
As a key plate from Dürer's 'Apocalypse cum figuris', this work defines the Renaissance visionary aesthetic, merging late medieval prophecy with humanist precision. The series was highly influential on later Western esoteric traditions that interpreted the Book of Revelation as an allegorical map of the soul's inner transformation and the structure of the cosmos.
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The Book of Revelation
The print is a direct visualization of the mystical visions of St. John on Patmos, specifically the adoration described in chapters 7 and 14.
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https://www.parismuseescollections.paris.fr/fr/petit-palais/oeuvres/l-apocalypse-l-adoration-de-l-agneau-bartsch-67#infos-principales
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3564 × 4962 px
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June 26, 2023
March 24, 2026
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