

The Four Horsemen
1498
Medium:
Woodcut on laid paper
Dimensions:
Plate: 39.5 x 28.5 cm (15 9/16 x 11 1/4 in.)
Sheet: 45.7 x 31.5 cm (18 x 12 3/8 in.)
This is one of Albrecht Dürer's most famous woodcuts. It depicts the four horsemen said in the Book of Revelation to hail the end of the world: Death, Famine, War, Plague (from left to right). Note that the horsemen are trampling all men beneath them, including a king; this serves as a reminder not to be too vain or proud, for death, destruction and judgement will eventually come to all.
(Text: Emily Wilkinson)
Woodcut on laid paper
Dimensions:
Plate: 39.5 x 28.5 cm (15 9/16 x 11 1/4 in.)
Sheet: 45.7 x 31.5 cm (18 x 12 3/8 in.)
This is one of Albrecht Dürer's most famous woodcuts. It depicts the four horsemen said in the Book of Revelation to hail the end of the world: Death, Famine, War, Plague (from left to right). Note that the horsemen are trampling all men beneath them, including a king; this serves as a reminder not to be too vain or proud, for death, destruction and judgement will eventually come to all.
(Text: Emily Wilkinson)
- License:
- Courtesy of National Gallery of Art, Washington
- For more:
- http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/art-object-pag…
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