# Saint John before God and the Elders, in Albrecht Dürer

Albrecht Dürer made this (probably c. 1496/1498), aged about 25. It is now at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.

Our note:

> In this woodcut from Dürer’s Apocalypse, Saint John, summoned through a door in heaven, comes before God enthroned among clouds, who holds the book sealed with seven seals.

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## The work

- Date: probably c. 1496/1498
- Medium: woodcut on laid paper
- Dimensions: sheet (trimmed to block): 39.3 × 28.1 cm (15 1/2 × 11 1/16 in.)
- Type: Print
- Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1971.39.3
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Albrecht Dürer](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/albrecht-durer), German, 1471–1528

Dürer trained as a goldsmith with his father and then under the Nuremberg painter Michael Wolgemut, whose studio produced woodcut book illustrations.

8 works in the collection.

## Walk on

- [Albrecht Dürer's contemporaries](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-albrecht-durer?hang=750) (8 works)
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