Hans Burgkmair the Elder, "The worship of the seven-headed beast. From a series of 21 woodcuts of the Apocalypse for Martin Luther's translation of the New Testament (Augsburg: S. Otmar, 1523). 1523 Woodcut"
Hans Burgkmair the Elder
"The dragon and the two witnesses; standing in foreground, St John measuring the temple in left background. From a series of 21 woodcuts of the Apocalypse for Martin Luther's translation of the New Testament (Augsburg: S. Otmar, 1523). 1523 Woodcut"
Jan Swart, woodcut 1528, Published in Antwerp.
"Daniel's dream of four beasts; a winged lion standing upright approaches a bear-like monster devouring three crowned figures (Daniel 7)"
Jan Swart, woodcut 1528, Published in Antwerp.
"Daniel's dream of four beasts; a horned beast and a leopard with four heads and wings (Daniel 7); illustration to the Bible published by Willem Vorsterman, Antwerp 1528 Woodcut"
Hans Burgkmair the Elder "Angels emptying the seven vials of wrath; the seven-headed beast and a male figure in foreground spitting out frogs. From a series of 21 woodcuts of the Apocalypse for Martin Luther's translation of the New Testament (Augsburg: S. Otmar, 1523). 1523 Woodcut"
Hans Burgkmair the Elder
"The Whore of Babylon; sitting on the seven-headed beast, St John and the angel looking on from a cloud in top right corner. From a series of 21 woodcuts of the Apocalypse for Martin Luther's translation of the New Testament (Augsburg: S. Otmar, 1523). 1523 Woodcut"
Matthias Gerung "The key to the kingdom of Heaven; below three beasts dressed as pope, cardinal and bishop reading scriptures, on left a man beating another group of reading beasts with a hammer. Above, set in clouds an angel unlocking the gate to Heaven where a lamb is sitting with children. From a series of 48 woodcut illustration intended for Laurentius Agricola's translation of Sebastian Meyer's Apocalypse commentary. 1546 Woodcut"
Matthias Gerung
"The pope and a Sultan as Demons dragging their followers into Hell; the demon with papal tiara pulling clerics towards hell, the sultan with turban pulling Turks. On higher ground Christ with followers of the true faith. From a series of 48 woodcut illustratihttp://www.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gifon intended for Laurentius Agricola's translation of Sebastian Meyer's Apocalypse commentary. Woodcut"
As with the two previous posts, all of these prints were found while digging through the amazing collection at The British Museum. I'll be posting more work from there in the not too distant future.
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