Commentary on the Apocalypse and commentary on the Book of Daniel
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1910
Apocalypse: Scarlet Woman on Beast (Revelation 17:3-4) -- Scarlet Woman crowned, holding goblet, mounted in saddle on horned seven-headed beast with horned serpent tail; starred background.
I saw a woman sitting upon a scarlet beast, filled with names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. And the woman was clothed all around with purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls, holding a golden cup in her hand, filled with the abomination and the filth of her fornication. And on her forehead was written: Mystery, Babylon the great. The beast that you saw was, and is not, and is soon to ascend from the abyss and go forth unto destruction. (Rev. 17:3–8)
The whore, sitting on a scarlet beast, wears a Moorish crown; her long, loose hair suggests her licentiousness.