The whore of Babylon

Albrecht Dürer
Germany
1471 – 1528

The whore of Babylon
plate 14 from 'The Apocalypse'
c 1496-97; published 1498
woodcut on paper
Place made
Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany
Medium
woodcut on paper
Dimensions
39.2 x 27.3 cm (sheet)
Credit line
Bequest of David Murray 1908
Accession number
084G1135
Signature and date
Signed in block bot.c. "AD" in monogram. Not dated.
Provenance
David Murray (b.1829 - d.1907), Adelaide
Catalogue raisonne
B.73 ; M.177 ; Holl/G 177 (2b) ; S.W.45 ; TIB v.10, p.343, .273 (Latin edition, 1498)
Media category
Print
Collection area
European prints
Image credit
Photo: AGSA

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