Book of Revelation: The Fifth Trumpet (Ch 9: 1-11)
1527
16th Century
4 3/4 x 3 in. (12.1 x 7.6 cm)
Attributed to
Hans Sebald Beham,
German,
(1500–1550)
Attributed to
Woensam Anton,
German,
(c. 1500–1541)
After
Lucas Cranach, the Elder,
German,
(1472–1553)
Object Type:
PRINTS
Creation Place:
Europe
Medium and Support:
Woodcut
Accession Number:
86-B-689(4)
Label from “Between Heaven and Hades: Journeys in Renaissance and Baroque Prints”, La Salle University Art Museum, September 13 - December 15, 2017:
At the blowing of trumpets, various plagues descend upon the unfaithful. After the fifth trumpet is sounded, a bottomless pit opens and locusts emerge to torment humankind for five months. These fantastic insects have men’s faces, women’s hair, lions’ teeth, and scorpions’ tails and wings whose batting creates a thunderous noise.
These woodcut illustrations, after those of Lucas Cranach the Elder, are from "Das Nau Testament" (Dresden: Wolfgang Stockel, 1527) with polemical notes by Jerome Esmer for use by German Roman Catholics.
Current Location:
In Storage
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