Das Sonnenweib und der siebenköpfige Drache, aus der Folge der Apokalypse, Latein-Ausgabe 1511, ca. 1497

Title

Das Sonnenweib und der siebenköpfige Drache, aus der Folge der Apokalypse, Latein-Ausgabe 1511

Artist

• Albrecht Dürer

Part Number / Total

11 / 16

Period Produced

• 15th century
• 16th century

Object Type

• art print

Material

• handmade paper

Technique

• woodcut

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Monogrammiert unten Mitte: AD

Work Catalogues

• Bartsch VII.128.71
• Meder 1932.156.173
• Schoch/Mende/Scherbaum 2.92.121
• Hollstein German VII.140.173
• TIB 1001.271

Institution

• Städel Museum

Administration

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• Biblical portrayal
• historical narration

Main Motif

• depiction of the Virgin
• Mary
• Christ Child
• God the Father
• angel
• woman
• child
• man
• group of people
• animal

Persons Shown

• Mary
• Christ Child
• God the Father

Associated Persons and Institutions

• Anton Koberger
• Devil

Illustrated Passage

• Bibel, Neues Testament, Offenbarung 12,1-5

Primary

• 73G411 a pregnant woman, clothed with the sun and standing on the moon, appears; she is threatened by a red dragon with a long tail and seven heads
• 11C23 God the Father as bearded old man, usually with crown or tiara or sceptre and/or globe
• 42A4 infant, baby
• 11G angels