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The Four Horsemen  1498

by Albrecht Dürer

Medium: [br]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 me...
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Courtesy of National Gallery of Art, Washington