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The Whore of Babylon
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The Whore of Babylon

Adriaen Collaert · 1585 · engraving; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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A woman, seated on a seven-headed dragon that steps out of the water, is worshipped by kings. In the margin a four-line inscription in Latin. Nineteenth print from a series of twenty-four with the Revelation of John on Patmos.

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Credit lineHoer van Babylon. 1585. Adriaen Collaert. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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