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Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, from the series of the Apocalypse, single print before the text, Albrecht Dürer

Albrecht Dürer

Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, from the series of the Apocalypse, single print before the text

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Albrecht Dürer

Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, from the series of the Apocalypse, single print before the text, ca. 1497 – 1498

Blatt: 392 x 280 mm

Inventory Number: 31489

Object Number: 31489 D

Status: Request for presentation in the study room of the Prints and Drawings Department

Work Data

Basic Information

Title: Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, from the series of the Apocalypse, single print before the text

Artist

Albrecht Dürer

Set: Die Apokalypse, Einzeldrucke vor dem Text

Part Number / Total: 5 / 16

Period Produced

15th century

Object Type

art print

Material

handmade paper

Technique

woodcut

Label at the Time of Manufacture: Monogrammiert unten Mitte: AD

Watermark: Meder 53 (Der Große Reichsapfel mit Strich und Stern)

Work Catalogues: Bartsch 7.128.64 1b
Meder 1932.154.167
Schoch/Mende/Scherbaum 2.76.115
Hollstein German VII.137.167
TIB 1001.264

Property and Acquisition

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Motifs and References

Iconclass

Primary

73G3111opening of the first seal: the man on the white horse with crown, bow and arrow (Victory)
73G3112opening of the second seal: the man on the red horse with a sword (War)
73G3113opening of the third seal: the man on the black horse with a pair of scales (Famine)
73G3114opening of the fourth seal: the man on the pale horse with a scythe (Death)
11Gangels
31D14adult man
31D15adult woman

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10.08.2026