The Babylonian Whore

probably c. 1496/1498

Albrecht Dürer

Artist, German, 1471 - 1528

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Philip Hofer

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 38.9 x 28.2 cm (15 5/16 x 11 1/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1941.3.10

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Meder, no. 177

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1970

  • Albrecht Dürer, 1471-1528: A Study Exhibition of Print Connoisseurship, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1970-1971, no. 31A.

1971

  • Dürer in America: His Graphic Work, NGA, 1971, no. 105, repro.

1983

  • Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., July 1983.

1995

  • Imitation and Invention: Old Master Prints and Their Sources, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995.

Bibliography

1932

  • Meder, Joseph. Dürer-Katalog; ein Handbuch über Albrecht Dürers Stiche, Radierungen, Holzschnitte, deren Zustände, Ausgaben und Wasserzeichen. Vienna: Verlag Gilhofer und Ranschburg, 1932. Reprint. New York: Da Capo Press, 1971.

2001

  • Schoch, Rainer, Mattihas Mende, and Anna Scherbaum. Albrecht Dürer: Das druckgraphische Werk. Munich, 2001: vol. 2: no. 125.

Wikidata ID

Q18338545

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