The Lamb [of God] Opens the Seventh Seal. Artist: Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld. Engraver: A. Gaber, inscribed lower right. Source: Die Bibel in Bildern, Plate 237. Click on image to enlarge it.
And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see. [Revelation 6: 1; King James Bible; the plate omits a citation of the last line quoted.]
In heaven Christ opens the seventh seal, and the four horseman of the apocalypse ravage the earth.
Other Illustrations of the Apocalypse
- Jesus Christ reveals himself to John
- The Seventh Seal of the book shall be opened by the Lamb
- Michael conquering the Dragon
- John sees the New Jerusalem
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Bibliography
Die Bibel in Bildern [Picture Bible] von Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld. Leipzig: Georg Wigands, 1860. Hathi Digital Trust Library online version of a copy in the Getty Library. Web. 30 June 2016.
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