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The Fire-Rain, plate 5 from "The Apocalypse"

Publisher Silvan Otmar German
1523–24
Not on view
Plate 5 from a series of 21 woodcuts with scenes from the Apocalypse for Martin Luther's translation of the New Testament. Four editions were published in Augsburg by Silvan Otmar between March 1523 and April 1524.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Fire-Rain, plate 5 from "The Apocalypse"
  • Series/Portfolio: The Apocalypse
  • Artist: Hans Burgkmair (German, Augsburg 1473–1531 Augsburg)
  • Publisher: Silvan Otmar (German, active Augsburg, 1513–40)
  • Published in: Augsburg
  • Date: 1523–24
  • Medium: Woodcut
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 6 7/16 × 5 1/16 in. (16.3 × 12.9 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1963
  • Object Number: 63.705.5
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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