Saint John before God and the Elders, from "The Apocalypse" — Albrecht Dürer | DiscoverArt

Albrecht Dürer

Saint John before God and the Elders, from "The Apocalypse"

ca. 1496

Woodcut

38.7 × 27.4 cm (15.2 × 10.8 in)

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