Saint John Devouring the Book Possibly 1498 - 1511

Albrecht Dürer's "Saint John Devouring the Book" is a woodcut from the early 16th century depicting a scene from the Book of Revelation. This powerful image captures Saint John's ecstatic vision of the divine, with rays of light emanating from God's face in the heavens. John, in the foreground, is depicted consuming a book, symbolizing the absorption of divine knowledge and the transformative power of the Word. The detailed rendering of the figures, the surrounding landscape, and the celestial imagery exemplifies Dürer's masterful use of line and detail, characteristic of the Northern Renaissance style.