The beast with the seven heads and the beast with the lamb's horns

Albrecht Dürer
Germany
1471 – 1528

The beast with the seven heads and the beast with the lamb's horns
plate 12 from 'The Apocalypse'
c 1496-97
woodcut on paper
Place made
published 1498, Nuremberg, Germany
Medium
woodcut on paper
Dimensions
38.9 x 27.3 cm (sheet)
Credit line
Bequest of David Murray 1908
Accession number
084G1136
Signature and date
Signed in block bot.c. "AD" in monogram. Not dated.
Provenance
David Murray (b.1829 - d.1907), Adelaide
Catalogue raisonne
B.74 ; M.175 ; Holl/G 175 (2b).; S.W.46; TIB v.10, p.344, .274 (Latin edition, 1498)
Media category
Print
Collection area
European prints

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