The Four Angels Holding the Winds, from "The Apocalypse", German Edition

ca. 1498

Dating: Approximate
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Woodcut
Dimensions: sheet: 15 7/16 x 11 1/4 in. (39.2 x 28.5 cm)
Collection no.: 1986.1180.68
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Albrecht Dürer. The Four Angels Holding the Winds, from "The Apocalypse", German Edition. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

The Four Angels Holding the Winds, from "The Apocalypse", German Edition — Albrecht Dürer. ca. 1498.

Medium: Woodcut. Dimensions: sheet: 15 7/16 x 11 1/4 in. (39.2 x 28.5 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Bequest of Grace M. Pugh, 1985.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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