Albrecht DÜRER
The Apocalyptic Woman
Indeterminable {(probably 1497) (Panofsky)}
from the 1511 Latin edition of The Apocalypse

Medium
woodcut

Measurements
39.4 × 28.2 cm (image and sheet) sheet trimmed to borders

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1923

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Catalogue/s Raisonné
Bartsch 71; Meder 173; Hollstein 173 (3); Kurth 115; Strauss 47; Tietzes 135; Panofsky 291

Inscription
With monogram

Accession Number
1278.501-3

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest

Subjects (general)
Human Figures Religion and Mythology

Subjects (specific)
angels (spirits) Apocalypse (New Testament narrative) beasts creatures crescents (motifs) crowns (headdresses) God (Abrahamic religions' deity) Woman of the Apocalypse (Christian character)

Movements
Renaissance