Augsburg School, c. 1550
The Vision of the New Jerusalem
Description:
gouache and watercolour: 150 x 292 cm SOLD
Provenance:
Private Collection, Germany, until 2015
Note:
Revelation 21: 9 - 12[9] And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb's wife.[10] And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,[11] Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;[12] And had a wall great and highOne of four missing pages from the "Augsburg Wunderzeichenbuch", previously with Day & Faber and now in a Private Collection, New York.For a full description of the book please see the EXHIBITIONS page on this website.