A crowned woman with wings stands at the center, her hands clasped in prayer, surrounded by radiant lines that mark her as a figure of divine importance. She is flanked by a monstrous dragon with seven crowned heads, each head turned in a different direction, its long tail curling upward and ending among a cluster of stars in the upper right. The dragon’s open jaws spew smoke or fire toward the woman’s feet, while its powerful body coils across the lower half of the scene, its claws gripping the earth and tufts of grass.

At the top center, a bearded figure with a radiant halo, seated on clouds, raises his right hand in a gesture of authority, identified as God in Christianity. To the right, another angel is seen among the stars, which scatter as the dragon’s tail sweeps through them, emphasizing the chaos unleashed by the beast. The background is filled with swirling clouds, creating a dramatic contrast of light and shadow, while the foreground is detailed with plants and a pool of water, rendered with fine, precise lines.

The entire composition is built from intricate black lines, with dense hatching and cross-hatching used to model form, create texture, and suggest depth, typical of the woodcut technique. The artist’s monogram, 'AD,' appears at the lower edge, marking the work as an original by Albrecht Dürer. A group of four cherubs or putti float on clouds to the left of the central woman, looking upward and gesturing animatedly with their arms.

In the upper left corner, an angel with large wings descends diagonally, holding a censer that emits smoke. Near the lower left edge, a small child or putto sits among tufts of grass, gazing toward the central action. The dragon’s scales and wings are rendered with dense, curved hatching that creates a sense of volume and texture. De apocalyptische vrouw en de zevenkoppige draak is created by Albrecht Dürer around 1496–98 and published in 1511.