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Angels Hold Back the Four Winds
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Angels Hold Back the Four Winds

Albrecht Dürer · 1497 - 1498 · letterpress printing; houtsnede; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Four angels, bottom left, hold back four winds (in the form of four blowing heads), while another angel marks a cross on the forehead of a number of people. On the verso Latin Bible text in Gothic script in two columns.

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Credit lineEngelen houden de vier winden tegen. 1497 - 1498. Albrecht Dürer. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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