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

Artist Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471 - 1528)

Titles

Plate 14 from The Apocalypse

Dateca. 1496-97; printed 1511

MediumWoodcut

DimensionsSheet (trimmed margins): 15 3/8 x 11 in. (39 x 28 cm)

Credit LineBequest of Robert Getscher from the Getscher-Wilkinson Collection

CultureGerman

PortfolioThe Apocalypse

Object numberPC2014.14.242

ClassificationsPrint Collection

DescriptionPeople kneel in the bottom of the image in front of two beasts: one with seven heads with crowned horns, the other resembles a large feline with ram's horns. Above them, in the heavens, God sits at center surrounded by three angels and one putti.

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