Illustration: 73G313x14

General

Title opening of the sixth seal: a great earthquake, the sun turns black, the moon red as blood, and the stars fall on earth; mankind hiding in caves
Type Illustration
Sizes 76x117
Material Woodcut
Colour Black
Artist Virgil Solis
Oldest appearance in Biblia Sacra 1566
Iconclass 73G313
Iconclass description opening of the sixth seal: a great earthquake, the sun turns black, the moon red as blood, and the stars fall on earth; mankind hiding in caves
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Appearances

Amsterdam BVU XC.05069 (Revelation) 1 bbb3v
Show scan: Amsterdam BVU XC.05069 (Revelation) vol.1 p.bbb3v
Show edition: 1566.B.dut.AB1heirs.a

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Scan: Amsterdam BVU XC.05242 (Revelation) vol.1 p.bbb3v
Show edition: 1565.B.dut.AB1heirs.a

References

Literature references

Rosier, Bart Alexander 1992 De Nederlandse bijbelillustratie in de zestiende eeuw: de illustraties in de bijbels gedrukt in de Nederlanden en in de Nederlandstalige bijbels gedrukt in het buitenland van 1522 tot 1599. 2 vol. Amsterdam.

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