The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of February 6, 2023

Apocalypse

page from the Apocalypse (The Locusts with the Angel of the Abyss and The Sixth Trumpet)

1400s

Anonymous

Netherlands, 15th century

Woodcut (blockbook), hand colored with watercolor

Support: Cream(3) laid paper

Mat Size: 48.8 x 36.3 cm (19 3/16 x 14 5/16 in.); Sheet: 26.5 x 19.3 cm (10 7/16 x 7 5/8 in.)

Delia E. Holden Fund 1977.21

Catalogue raisonneĢ: Schreiber 13 (IV.181)

Impression: III

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

top left and right, in block: Angelus abadon...itelligit[uz?] ; center left, center, and bottom left, in block: Sextus...magu[s?]

Exhibition history

Year in Review: 1977. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (December 28, 1977-January 22, 1978).

From Block Books to Baskin: Artists as Illustrators. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 13-August 17, 1986).

Sacred and Profane in Late Gothic Prints. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 2-August 2, 1987).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1977.21