L'Apocalypse (Edition allemande) Le Dragon à sept têtes et la Bête aux cornes d'agneau (Bartsch 74), GDUT4128

In the lower portion, a crowd of diverse people, including a king, kneels in adoration before a seven-headed monster rising from the sea. To the left, a second beast with two lamb-like horns emerges from the earth. Above the clouds, a crowned divine figure sits on a throne holding a sickle, while angels with sickles execute the judgment and harvest of the world.

Created during a period of intense millenarian expectation leading up to the year 1500, this work exemplifies the late medieval preoccupation with apocalyptic prophecy. It represents the height of visionary printmaking, translating the complex allegories of St. John’s Revelation into a definitive visual language that influenced both religious and esoteric thought for centuries.