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The Third Vessel: The Rivers Turn to Blood
Unknownabout 1255–1260
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
The third [angel] poured out its vessel on the rivers and the fountains of waters, and there was made blood. And I heard the fourth angel saying: "You are just, who are, who was, the Holy one, because You have judged these things...And I heard another from the altar saying: Lord God almighty, true and just are your judgments.(Apocalypse 16:4-7)
Two of the angels mentioned in the text appear in the image, one pouring the vessel out into the rivers and the other standing before an altar and gesturing toward Saint John, who stands at the far left.
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Details
- Title: The Third Vessel: The Rivers Turn to Blood
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: about 1255–1260
- Location Created: London (probably), England
- Physical Dimensions: Leaf: 31.9 × 22.5 cm (12 9/16 × 8 7/8 in.)
- Type: Folio
- External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
- Medium: Tempera colors, gold leaf, colored washes, pen and ink on parchment
- Terms of Use: Open Content
- Number: 83.MC.72.32v
- Culture: English
- Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Ms. Ludwig III 1, fol. 32v
- Creator Display Name: Unknown
- Classification: Manuscripts (Documents)
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