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# “Maiden on the Beast” by Natalya Goncharova from the “Harvest” polyptych and the Apocalypse
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/deva-na-zvere/
- Published: 2023-05-30T09:53:59.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-02T19:01:29.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Faith, Art, Museums

The Maiden on the Beast. Natalia Goncharova. 1911\. Kostroma Museum-Reserve collection; the painting is on permanent display at the Romanov Museum.

"The Maiden on the Beast" is part of the nine-part polyptych "The Harvest", whose paintings are now held in different collections, while two are considered lost altogether.

A girl astride a monster with several heads: what does this subject remind us of? First and foremost, of course, the Whore of Babylon, who appears in the Apocalypse riding a scarlet beast. The entire "Harvest" polyptych depicts not a harvest festival at all, but the vision of John the Divine from the fourteenth chapter of the Book of Revelation

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