The Whore of Babylon, from The Apocalypse
date: label: Date
content: ca.1496-97
name: label: Print Maker
content: Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471–1528
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Dense and dramatic outdoor scene; billowing clouds part to reveal winged angels guiding a crowd mid-air, led by the horsemen of the apocalypse (?), upper left. At lower left, an ornately dressed crowd is gathered, standing opposite a horned, seven-headed, long-necked, fantastic beast, ridden by a woman holding aloft an ornate vessel. Signed AD, lower center.
place: label: made in
content: Germany
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1954-94-1
objectType: label: Type
content: religion
label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Woodcut on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 39.8 × 29 cm (15 11/16 × 11 7/16 in.)