The Allegory of the Apocalypse

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The Allegory of the Apocalypse is a dramatic religious painting by Dutch Golden Age artist Abraham Bloemaert that symbolically depicts the cataclysmic visions of the biblical Book of Revelation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf painting
religious painting
artForm oil painting
artisticTheme Divine revelation
Eschatology
Prophecy
author Abraham Bloemaert
basedOn Book of Revelation
New Testament
countryOfOrigin Dutch Republic
creator Abraham Bloemaert
creatorActiveRegion Utrecht
creatorBirthPlace Gorinchem
creatorMovement Mannerism and Baroque transition
creatorNationality Dutch
creatorOccupation painter
culturalContext Dutch Golden Age painting
depictionStyle allegorical
dramatic
depicts Apocalypse
Book of Revelation
Christian eschatology
biblical visions
depictsConcept Divine judgment
Good and evil conflict
Salvation and damnation
depictsEvent End times
genre religious art
hasInfluence Counter-Reformation art
hasPart allegorical imagery
cataclysmic scenes
symbolic figures
hasTitleLanguage English
iconographicSource Christian Bible
linked to: Bible
intendedUse devotional
didactic
languageOfWorkOrName none (visual artwork)
mainSubject Apocalyptic symbolism
movement Dutch Golden Age
narrativeSource Christian scripture
period Baroque
religion Christianity
subjectHeading Apocalypse in art
Bible in art
Christian iconography
title The Allegory of the Apocalypse
visualFormat two-dimensional artwork

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Abraham Bloemaert notableWork The Allegory of the Apocalypse
The Allegory of the Apocalypse title The Allegory of the Apocalypse