Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528)
The Angel with the Key to the Bottomless Pit, from: The Apocalypse
Woodcut, circa 1497-98, an early impression from the first German or Latin text edition of 1498, without text verso (as issued), slightly over-inked in places, on laid paper without watermark, sheet 385 x 285 mm (15 1/4 x 11 1/4 in), several old repairs, with the chained Satan removed, possibly by a viewer offended with the depiction of Satan himself, sympathetically restored with blank space in the lower right quadrant (unframed)

Literature:
S.M.S. 126 [before the text editions circa 1497-1498]

Together with:

Cornelis Pietersz Bega's (1631-1664) The Lovers [Barstch 25] and Man with his hat off [B.17], two deceptive etched copies after Rembrandt's La petite tombe, another etched copy after The Raising of Lazarus: Small plate, and a large vertical engraving after Jacques Callot's The temptation of Saint Antony (unframed) (8)