The Beast with Two Horns like a Lamb

probably c. 1496/1498

Albrecht Dürer

Associated Names
Albrecht Dürer

Artist, German, 1471 - 1528

This is a drawing of a scene in the heavens and earth. The scene depicts a figure seated upon a cloud, surrounded by other angelic beings. To the right, a creature with multiple heads, stands prominently. Below, figures clad in robes seem to gather and point towards this creature. The composition includes intricate lines and textures, adding a dramatic quality to the image.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of W.G. Russell Allen

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to block): 38.5 × 28 cm (15 3/16 × 11 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1941.1.26

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Meder, no. 175

  • Series Title

    The Apocalypse

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Vincent Mayer [1831-1918], New York (Lugt 2525). Wiliam Goodwin Russell Allen [1882-1955], Boston; gift to NGA, 1941.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1997

  • Six Centuries/Six Artists, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1997.

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. 123

Inscriptions

verso, bottom left, in graphite by a later hand: B-26 [upside down]; bottom center, in graphite by a later hand: Probedruck

Markings

verso, at bottom right: NGA stamp

Watermarks

imperial orb (Meder 53)?

Wikidata ID

Q18338546

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