Saint John eating the book
series of prints by Albrecht Dürer from the series Apocalypse
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Summary
Saint John eating the book is a woodcut print[1]. It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]
Key Facts
- Creator: Albrecht Dürer[3]
- Religion or worldview: Christianity[4]
- Instance of: series of prints[5]
- Maintained by: Drawings and Prints[6]
- Movement: German Renaissance[7]
- Genre: religious art[8]
- Based on: Revelation 10[9]
- Part of the series: Apocalypse[10]
- Depicts: John the Evangelist[11]
- Made from material: laid paper[12]
- Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art[13], National Gallery of Art[14], Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe[15], National Library of Brazil[16], Prints in the National Gallery of Art[17], Rosenwald Collection[18], Chester Beatty Library[19], Städel Museum[20], Cleveland Museum of Art[21], Kulturgeschichtliches Museum Osnabrück[22], Baltimore Museum of Art[23], Museum of Fine Arts, Houston[24], Kupferstichkabinett Berlin[25], Kupferstich-Kabinett Dresden[26]
- Inventory number: 19.73.133[27], 1941.3.9[28], 40.139.6(10)[29], 68.793.3[30], 2008.109.10[31], 1980.45.456.pp[32], WEp 0027[33], 31514[34], I 990[35], L 153/10-10[36], 1922.94.11[37], 1946.112.5855[38], 80.154[39], B-185[40]
- Location: National Gallery of Art[41], Städel Museum[42], Germanisches Nationalmuseum[43]
- Part of: Apocalypse[44]
- Commons category: Saint John eating the book by Albrecht Dürer[45]
- Country of origin: Germany[46]
- Catalog code: 70 (Grav. Bois)[47], 018[48], 114[49], 172[50]
- Inception: January 1, 1498[51], 1496[52]
- Main subject: Q3224037[53]
- Described at URL: https://sempub.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/duerer.online/de/wisski/navigate/56464/view[54]
- Location of creation: Nuremberg[55]
- Depicts Iconclass notation: 73G341[56]
- Title: Saint John Devouring the Book[57], Apokalypse, 8. Figur: Johannes, das Buch verschlingend (Der "Starke Engel")[58]
- Height: 39.3 cm[59], 40 cm[60]
- Width: 28.5 cm[61], 28.6 cm[62]