# The Revelation of St John: 2. St John's Vision of Christ and the Seven Candlesticks [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [DÜRER, Albrecht]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Woodcut, 39 x 28 cm ## Commentary The Revelation of St John: 2. St John's Vision of Christ and the Seven Candlesticks 1497-98 Woodcut, 39 x 28 cm Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe A voice told John to narrate his vision to seven communities in Asia Minor. He saw seven lamps \(usually represented as altar candlesticks\) in the midst of which was "one like a son of a man", his hair like snow-white wool, his eyes aflame, holding seven tars in his right hand, with a sword coming out of his mouth \(Rev. 1:10-16\). John kneels in prayer before this vision of Christ who is enthroned. ## Related artworks - [A Young Girl of Cologne and Dürer's Wife]() - [Abduction of a Woman]() - [Abduction of Proserpine on a Unicorn]() - [Adam and Eve]() - [Adam and Eve]() - [Adam and Eve]() - [Adam and Eve]() - [Adam \(detail\)]() - [Adam]() - [Adoration of the Magi \(detail\)]() - [Adoration of the Magi \(detail\)]() - [Adoration of the Magi \(detail\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()