The Beast with the Seven Heads and the Beast with Lamb's Horns
1511
Medium
Woodcut
Dimensions
sheet: 15 1/8 x 11 in. (38.4 x 27.9 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Junius Spencer Morgan, 1919
Accession Number
19.73.215
Tags
Art Historical Context
Albrecht Dürer's *The Beast with the Seven Heads and Beast with Lamb's Horn* (1511) is a dramatic woodcut that captures the apocalyptic visions from the Book of Revelation in the Bible. Printed on a large sheet measuring 15 1/8 x 11 inches, it vividly portrays the multi-headed beast symbolizing chaos and evil, alongside the deceptive beast with lamb's horns, surrounded by angels, men, and mythical creatures. These figures evoke the prophetic battles of good versus evil, blending human forms with otherworldly terror to stir the viewer's imagination. As a cornerstone of Dürer's oeuvre, this pri...
About the Artist
Albrecht Dürer · 1471–1528
Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528) stands as the preeminent figure of the Northern Renaissance and arguably the most influential artist in the history of printmaking. Born in Nuremberg on May 21, 1471, and dying in the same city on April 6, 1528, Dürer revolutionized the status of the artist in Northern Europe, transforming printmaking from a commercial craft into an independent fine art and establishing ...