The Dragon and the Two Witnesses [or The Two Witnesses]

Reverse printed with old German text including 'Das XII Capitel'. From the Book of Revelations Chapter 11, verses 7-14. Brosamer's woodcuts in this series of illustrations for the Apocalypse were produced for Martin Luther's translation of the New Testament. They are notable for their close correlation with the German text. Here the beast from the Abyss (the devil) is about to devour the two prophets who had predicted the apocalyptic destruction of mankind