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L'Apocalypse L'Adoration de l'Agneau (Bartsch 67), GDUT4115

Albrecht Dürer

1496
Engraving

About This Work

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.

Lamb of GodSt. John the EvangelistFour Living CreaturesTwenty-four EldersAgnus DeiTetramorphpalm branchchalicerainbow73G31273G31311H(JOHN THE EVANGELIST)25F23(LAMB)

Inscriptions

AD

Connected Texts

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.

Provenance & Source

Object

Medium

Engraving

GenreAI

religious

Digital Source

Source

Wikimedia Commons · CC0

Credit

https://www.parismuseescollections.paris.fr/fr/petit-palais/oeuvres/l-apocalypse-l-adoration-de-l-agneau-bartsch-67#infos-principales

Usage Terms

Creative Commons Zero, Public Domain Dedication

Original Resolution

3564 × 4962 px

SHA-1

8de7d7cb7862101cc7e0fe2cdccfb57110f79409

Upload Date

June 26, 2023

Harvested

March 24, 2026

Linked Data

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