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The Angel with the Key of the Bottomless Pit, fifteenth plate from the series The Apocalypse
Artist:
Date:
1498
Location:
Not on display
Century:
Media:
Woodcut
Dimensions:
Image: 392 x 281 mm (15 7/16 x 11 1/16 in.)
Department:
Object Type:
Country:
Continent:
Europe
Accession Number:
1979.1.50.16
Acquisition Date:
1979-01-01
Credit Line:
Museum purchase, William H. Noble Bequest Fund
Exhibition History:
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, Fate, Fortune, Nemesis: Albracht Durer at Century's End, Jan 29 - April 11, 1999
Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, And Then Again...Printed Sets and Series, 1500 - 2007, March 23 - July 13, 2008.
Rev. 20. Angel with great key forces scaly dragon-headed beast ito a pit with heavy circular door. On a hill above the pit, an angel explains to John and points toward a city below. Fortress with gate guarded by another angel, aqueduct, half-timbered houses visible.