Cleveland Museum of Art
Revelation of St. John: Beast with Ram's Horns
Albrecht DürerLinkedCulture matchlcp-91cf98b472c5
- Date
- 1511
- Medium
- woodcut
- Culture
- Germany
- Department
- Prints
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 104622
From LinkedCulture
A beast with seven crowned heads towers over cowering figures, while a second creature with ram's horns gestures toward them from the center. This is Albrecht Dürer's woodcut from his 1511 Apocalypse series, illustrating a vision from the Book of Revelation. Dürer pushed the woodcut medium to rival engraving itself, packing the scene with dense hatching and crackling line work. Published as apocalyptic anxiety was reshaping Europe, these images spread his name across the continent almost overnight.
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A religious scene depicting a figure on a throne surrounded by angels, lions, and a dragon.
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- Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland
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