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The Apocalyptic Woman, tenth plate from the series The Apocalypse

Artist:

Albrecht Dürer

Date:

1498

Location:

Not on display

Century:

15th Century AD

Media:

Woodcut

Department:

Achenbach Foundation

Object Type:

Country:

Germany

Continent:

Europe

Accession Number:

1979.1.50.11

Acquisition Date:

1979-01-01

Credit Line:

Museum purchase, William H. Noble Bequest Fund

Exhibition History:

Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, Fate, Fortune, Nemesis: Albracht Durer at Century's End, Jan 29 - April 11, 1999.
Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, And Then Again...Printed Sets and Series, 1500 - 2007, March 23 - July 13, 2008.
University of San Diego, San Diego, CA, Prints in the Artist's Studio: Rubens's Print Collection Reconstructed, Feb 3 - May 31, 2010.

Rev. 12-13. Woman with crown of 12 stars, wings, long hair, standing on crescent moon, rays radiating from her body. "clothed with the sun" . God overlooks from clouds, making a gesture of blessing toward a child who is being borne up by two cherubin, above the woman's head. Apocalyptic dragon with seven heads and ten horns climbs out of the sea, each head crowned. The heads are of various fantastic forms, one of a goat, representing Satan; each has either one or two horns. The center head vomits a flood of water. (12:15) His tail reaches into the stars.

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