Leaf from a Beatus Manuscript: Angels Restrain the Four Winds; the Angel Ascends from the Rising Sun
Illustrated Beatus manuscripts bring to life an extraordinary vision of the end of the world, as recorded by Saint John in the Apocalypse (Book of Revelation) and filtered through the lens of Beatus of Liébana,... more
Four angels and four winds from BL Royal 15 D II, f. 132
Detail of a miniature of John and the angel witnessing four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds, in illustration of Revelation 7:1. Image taken from f. 132 of La lumier... more
Winds from BL Royal 14 E VI, f. 288
Miniature of the author discussing with two men, with two figures of Winds, with a full border containing the royal arms of England on a banner held by an angel and on a shield encircled by the Garter with the ... more
The Four Angels Holding the Winds, from The Apocalypse, German Edition, 1498
Albrecht Dürer (German, Nuremberg 1471–1528 Nuremberg)
Recto: Landscape with Trees and Figures (? Remarks on the Winds and the Lay-out of the City; Vitruvius, Book 1, Chapter 6, nos. 2, 3): Verso: Blank.
Attributed to a member of the Sangallo family (Florence, ca. 1530–1545)
The rock of Aeolus, surrounded by water, with steps leading up the rock, the heads of three of the four winds on each corner blowing outwards, Aeolus crowned at the summit, four winds in the sky around him, from 'The contest of the seasons' (La gara delle stagioni)
Stefano della Bella (Italian, Florence 1610–1664 Florence)
Firedog (Juno Controlling the Winds) (chenet) (one of a pair)
According to the prominent biographer of artists Giovanni Pietro Bellori (1613–1696), the Baroque sculptor Alessandro Algardi, active in Rome, modeled a set of four firedogs representing the four elements in th... more
Nowaki
Print shows two women in a room, startled by a sudden wind which has blown down a sliding panel.
Juno Ordering Aeolus to Unleash the Winds
Louis Jean Jacques Durameau (French, Paris 1733–1796 Versailles)
Kaze ni nayamu tōka no onna
Print shows a woman huddled against the wind beneath wisteria blossoms.
An high wind in St. Paul's Church yard
Print shows a street scene outside a print shop on a windy day as pedestrians struggle against the force of the wind.
Rival balloons
British cartoon shows how on a windy day a woman's hat is blown off and takes flight like the balloon shown floating in the distance.
Easterly Winds
Attributed to Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London)
A high wind in the park! / J. Baker fect.
Print shows a strong wind blowing down men, women, and children, catching up dresses, hats, and umbrellas, and tearing limbs from trees.
Sunshū ejiri
Print shows several wayfarers struggling against a strong wind that is blowing away hats and papers; Mount Fuji in the background.
Kakegawa
Print shows travelers crossing a bridge on a windy day, a kite flies overhead, and workers in a rice paddy in the background.
The American falls from the Cave of the Winds
Drawing shows Niagara Falls from the side and below, from the vantage point of the Cave of the Winds. Wallis was a British Commissioner from the Foreign Office to the United States in 1853.
Winds & Waves
John Dillwyn Llewelyn (British, Swansea, Wales 1810–1882 Swansea, Wales)
Public library and temple of the winds / W. Simpson del. ; E. Walker lith. ; Day & Son, Lithrs. to the Queen.
Destruction of the public library and the Temple of the Winds following the Russian evacuation of Sevastopolʹ on September 8th 1855.