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The Apocalypse: The Vision of the Throne set in Heaven c.1525-50
Pen and brown ink (two shades) over black chalk | 39.5 x 24.8 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 907784
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The vision of the throne set in heaven, surrounded by a rainbow, twenty-four elders, and seven lamps of fire; before the throne, the four winged beasts full of eyes; at the right hand of the Son of Man the book with the seven seals, and before him the lamb with seven horns and seven eyes (Revelation 4:1-5:14). An adapted copy after a scene in the Apocalypse fresco cycle by Giusto de' Menabuoi in the Baptistery of Padua Cathedral, c.1376-78. See RCIN 907764 for full details.
Provenance
Listed in George III’s ‘Inventory A’, c.1810, p. 136, ‘A Vol. (23 Pages) containing Designs / from the Apocalypse.’
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Medium and techniques
Pen and brown ink (two shades) over black chalk
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39.5 x 24.8 cm (sheet of paper)
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