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ID number: BIRBI-56.1 Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Artist / Maker: Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Title / Object name: The Vision of the Seven Candlesticks Object type: Print Place made: Nuremberg Culture: German Date made: 1511 Materials: Woodcut Measurements: Paper: 392 x 282 mm; mount: 556 x 405 mm Provenance: Purchased from Colnaghi's, January 1956, for £18 |
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This woodcut was one of a series originally published as The Apocalypse of St John in 1498. Dürer’s cycle of illustrations made him famous throughout Europe. Here St John the Apostle kneels before a vision of the Son of Man representing the path to a supernatural realm. The scene is from Revelations (I, 12-16), the final book of the New Testament, describing a vision of the second coming of Christ: ‘…I saw seven golden candlesticks;/ And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of Man…/ And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp two edged sword...’. |
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