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Albrecht Dürer — The Whore of Babylon (Bartsch 73; Meder, Hollstein 177)
Albrecht Dürer

The Whore of Babylon (Bartsch 73; Meder, Hollstein 177)

Dürer's dramatic woodcut from The Apocalypse series depicting the biblical Whore of Babylon in a tumultuous scene. This impression from the 1511 Latin text edition demonstrates the artist's mastery of the woodcut medium with bold black lines and intricate detail.

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Woodcut, circa 1496-97, from The Apocalypse, a very good, black impression from the Latin text edition of 1511, though printing slightly unevenly at left, on paper with a Flower with Triangle watermark (Meder 127), unframed
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Old Master Prints

June 30, 2021

Estimate: $7,000 – $10,000

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Albrecht Dürer, The Whore of Babylon (Bartsch 73; Meder, Hollstein 177)

Dürer's dramatic woodcut from The Apocalypse series depicting the biblical Whore of Babylon in a tumultuous scene. This impression from the 1511 Latin text edition demonstrates the artist's mastery of the woodcut medium with bold black lines and intricate detail.

Medium
Woodcut, circa 1496-97, from The Apocalypse, a very good, black impression from the Latin text edition of 1511, though printing slightly unevenly at left, on paper with a Flower with Triangle watermark (Meder 127), unframed
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Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

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Print, Apocalyptic, Dramatic, German Art, Baroque, Albrecht Dürer, Religious, Biblical, Detailed, Woodcut, Narrative, Expressionist, German, Apocalypse, Black and White, 1496-1497, Renaissance

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