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The Seven Angels with the Trumpets
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The Seven Angels with the Trumpets

Albrecht Dürer · 1496 - 1497 · letterpress printing; houtsnede; paper

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

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God hands trumpets to seven angels in heaven. When they blow them, great calamity comes over the earth: cities are in flames, ships perish. An eagle laments over the earth-dwellers with the words 'Woe, woe, woe'. On the verso Latin Bible text in Gothic script in two columns.

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Credit lineDe zeven engelen met de bazuinen. 1496 - 1497. Albrecht Dürer. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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