Art, literature & history
The Beast with Two Horns LIke a Lamb
1498
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- woodcut on laid paper
- Dimensions
- block: 39.2 × 28.2 cm (15 7/16 × 11 1/8 in.) sheet: 45.9 × 31.2 cm (18 1/16 × 12 5/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 2008.109.13
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- NGA Open Access — public domainLicense details
Albrecht Dürer. The Beast with Two Horns LIke a Lamb. National Gallery of Art. NGA Open Access — public domain. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
The Beast with Two Horns LIke a Lamb — Albrecht Dürer. 1498.
Medium: woodcut on laid paper.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): block: 39.2 × 28.2 cm (15 7/16 × 11 1/8 in.) sheet: 45.9 × 31.2 cm (18 1/16 × 12 5/16 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 2008.109.13. Patrons' Permanent Fund and Print Purchase Fund (Horace Gallatin and Lessing J. Rosenwald).
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.