The Beast with Seven Heads and the Beast with Lamb’s Horns

Albrecht Dürerca. 1497

Details

Title: The Beast with Seven Heads and the Beast with Lamb’s Horns
Creator: Albrecht Dürer
Date Created: ca. 1497
Set or Series Title: The Apocalypse (Die Apokalypse)
Object Type: Prints, works of art
Object Link: See this artwork on the Davison Art Center website
Object Credit Line: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University. Gift of George W. Davison (B.A. Wesleyan 1892), 1937
Materials & Techniques: Woodcut
Keywords: angels, Bible, Christianity, Old Testament, religions, religious art
Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
Edition: First edition of 1498, with German text
Bibliography: Bartsch 74 (vol. 7, p. 129); Joseph Meder 175
Associated People: Created by Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471-1528)
Accession Number: 1937.D1.107

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