Albrecht Dürer, 1498 - The Four Horsemen - fine art print

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In 1498 Albrecht Dürer created this artpiece "The Four Horsemen". This artwork belongs to the art collection of National Gallery of Art, which is the museum of the US-American nation that preserves, collects, exhibits, and fosters an understanding of works of art. With courtesy of - National Gallery of Art, Washington (public domain).The creditline of the artpiece is the following: . Furthermore, alignment is in portrait format with an image ratio of 1 : 1.4, which implies that the length is 29% shorter than the width. Albrecht Dürer was a painter from Germany, whose style can primarily be classified as Northern Renaissance. The European artist lived for a total of 57 years - born in 1471 and passed away in the year 1528 in Nuremberg.

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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)

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