Identification title(s): angels hold back the four winds. Object type: print object number: rp-p-ob-1380. Catalog reference: bartsch 66. Meder 169-1498 urausgabe, lateinish. Description: four angels, bottom left, hold back four winds (in the shape of four blowing heads), while another angel draws a cross on the foreheads of a number of people. On the verso, latin bible text in gothic script in two columns. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: albrecht dürer (mentioned on object). Place of manufacture: nuremberg. Dating: 1497 - 1498 and/or 1498. Physical features: woodcut and letterpress. Material: paper technique: woodcut / letterpress. Dimensions: image: h 393 mm × w 284 mmexplanationillustration in a latin edition of the bible book of revelation. Klinkert, c. Subject: what: the four winds are restrained by four angels. Acquisition: unknown. Date: 1497 - 1498 en/of 1498.
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