Albrecht Dürer
15 3/8 x 11 in
Very fine impression printed on laid paper, trimmed on the borderline and very slightly inside in the bottom left corner. In very good condition. A few very short handling creases. Small remains of paper tapes on back and some notes in pencil. Number 10 written in ink.
Provenance: Karl Eduard von Liphart (1808-1891), his collection mark printed verso (Lugt 1687).
The Apocalyptic Woman is, after the title-plate, the tenth plate in Dürer’s Apocalypse series. It illustrates a passage from Chapter XII in the Book of Revelation, verses 1 to 5 more specifically, describing the apparition of the woman clothed with the Sun and the great red dragon with seven heads, a prefiguration of the Beast of the Apocalypse.