The Vision of the Seven Candlesticks

probably c. 1496/1498

Albrecht Dürer

Associated Names
Albrecht Dürer

Artist, German, 1471 - 1528

The image shows two figures. The primary figure is seated on a circular structure, with long hair and a beard. Lines radiate from the head, and the person wears a robe and holds an open book and a staff. The secondary figure kneels at the base, wearing a similar robe and holding a candlestick. Surrounding them are tall candlesticks with candles on stands. The background features swirling clouds.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Philip Hofer

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to block): 39.4 × 28.4 cm (15 1/2 × 11 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1941.3.6

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Meder, no. 165

  • Series Title

    The Apocalypse

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Philip Hofer [1898-1984], Cambridge, MA; gift to NGA, 1941.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1971

  • Dürer in America: His Graphic Work, NGA, 1971, no. 93, repro.

1973

  • The Apocalypse, University of Maryland Art Gallery, College Park, 1973, no. 12 (catalogue erroneously lists an impression from the Rosenwald Collection).

1983

  • Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., May 1983.

1986

  • Woodcuts by Albrecht Dürer: An Exhibition of Print Connoisseurship, Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology, Atlanta, GA, 1986, no. 1, repro.

Bibliography

1932

  • Meder, Joseph. Dürer-Katalog; ein Handbuch über Albrecht Dürers Stiche, Radierungen, Holzschnitte, deren Zustände, Ausgaben und Wasserzeichen. Vienna: Verlag Gilhofer und Ranschburg, 1932. Reprint. New York: Da Capo Press, 1971.

1996

  • Grieder, Terence. Artist and Audience. New York, 1996: 157, fig. 5.14.

2001

  • Schoch, Rainer, Mattihas Mende, and Anna Scherbaum. Albrecht Dürer: Das druckgraphische Werk. Munich, 2001: vol. 2: no. 113.

Inscriptions

verso, bottom left, in graphite by a later hand: B24914; bottom left, in graphite by a later hand: B-289 [upside down]; bottom center, in graphite by a later hand: B.62; bottom right, in graphite by a later hand: FWO

Markings

verso, bottom center: NGA stamp

Wikidata ID

Q18338534

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