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Albrecht Dürer (German 1471-1528) The Beast with

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Albrecht Dürer (German 1471-1528) The Beast with
<B>ALBRECHT DÜRER </B></I>(German 1471-1528)<BR><I>The Beast with Two Horns Like a Lamb </B></I> from <I>The Apocalypse</B></I>, circa 1496-97<BR>Woodcut<BR>15-1/2 x 11 inches (39.4 x 27.9 cm)<BR>From the Latin edition of 1511<BR>Monogram lower center<BR> <BR>Provenance:<BR>P. and D. Colnaghi and Co., Ltd, London<BR>Acquired in 1981 by Jeffrey Weiss, Dallas, Texas<BR><BR>Literature:<BR>Adam von Bartsch, <I>Le Peintre-Graveur</B></I>, vol 7, pt. 1, Vienna, 1803-21, no. 74<BR>F. W. H. Hollstein, <I>German Engravings, Etchings and Woodcuts</B></I>, vol. 7 (Albrecht and Hans Dürer), ed. by K. G. Boon and R. W. Achiller, Amsterdam, 1954, no. 175<BR>Walter L. Strauss, <I>The Woodcuts and Wood Blocks of Albrecht Dürer</B></I>, Abaris Books, New York, 1980, no. 46<BR><BR>Dürer's image gives pictorial form to Revelation 13: (1) <I>Then I saw a beast come up from the sea with ten horns and seven heads, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the names of blasphemy.</B></I> (2) <I>The beast I saw was like a leopard, and his feet those of a bear, and his mouth like the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his throne, and great authority.</B></I> (3) <I>And one of his heads was as if stricken to heath, and the death blow had been healed; and all the world followed the beast in amazement.</B></I> (11) <I>And then I saw another beast coming out of the ground, and he had two horns like a lamb and spoke like a dragon.</B></I> (13) <I>And he prompted great portents, even that fire pour down from the sky to the earth for all men to see.</B></I> Revelation 14: (14) <I>And I looked, and beheld a white cloud, and sitting upon the cloud one who was like the Son of Man, wearing upon his head a crown of gold, and in his hands a sharp sickle. </B></I>(17) <I>And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he is also having a sharp sickle.</B></I><B>Condition Report:</B> Minor toning; minor crease in paper along the upper right edge.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Requires 3rd Party Shipping (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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