Ontwerp voor een schede met de hoer van Babylon, RP-P-OB-24.502, Heinrich Aldegrever, 1528

Identification title(s): design for a scabbard depicting the whore of babylon. Object type: print ornament print object number: rp-p-ob-24. 502. Catalog reference: new hollstein german (aldegrever) 226. Orn cat i 222-. 2. The illustrated bartsch 226. Description: design for a dagger sheath. The lower part is decorated with a candelabra consisting of leaf vines and two dolphins, carried by a putto. Above that, the whore of babylon and the seven-headed monster. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: heinrich aldegrever (mentioned on object), after own design by: heinrich aldegrever. Place of manufacture: germany. Date: 1528. Physical features: engraving. Material: paper technique: engraving (printing process). Dimensions: top: h 165 mm × w 31 mm (top of trapezium) × w 18 mm (bottom of trapezium). Subject: what: ornament ~ candelabrumthe scarlet woman, the whore of babylon; she is usually sitting on a scarlet beast with seven heads and ten horns. Acquisition: unknown. Date: 1528.