Cleveland Museum of Art
The Four Horsemen, from The Apocalypse
Albrecht DürerLinkedCulture matchlcp-91cf98b472c5
- Date
- c. 1498
- Medium
- woodcut
- Culture
- Germany, late 15th-early 16th Century
- Department
- Prints
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 113302
From the Cleveland Museum of Art record
In 1498 Dürer published a book illustrating the Revelation of John or the Apocalypse of John, the last book of the New Testament. The images were unique in their large scale, breadth of concept, and unity of design. The first book to be both published and illustrated by the artist, it comprised a title page and 15 full-sheet woodcuts featuring text on the verso of all the sheets except the last one. Often visible through the paper, the text mars the image on the recto of the sheet. The finest impressions were most often printed without text, like this one of The Four Horsemen . Here, Dürer suggested the vigorous momentum of the horsemen through the windblown clothing of the riders, the windswept clouds, and the figures trampled beneath the hooves of the approaching horses.
The authoritative record is held by Cleveland Museum of Art. LinkedCulture surfaces this object and its connections; it does not alter institutional metadata.
Get printable QR codesHide QR codes
Open QR codes for this object page and the museum record. They stay collapsed until needed.
Provenance & credit
As published by the source institution. Coverage varies — not every institution's open-data feed includes ownership history.
- Credit line
- Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland
Related across collections
Semantically similar works from Cleveland Museum of Art and other institutions.
The Four Horsemen
Minneapolis Institute of Art
#9192
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, from The Apocalypse
Art Institute of Chicago
#122251
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, from The Apocalypse
Art Institute of Chicago
#55330
The Four Horsemen, from "The Apocalypse"
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
#336215
Revelation of St. John: The Four Horsemen
Cleveland Museum of Art
#104627
The Martyrdom of Saint John
Minneapolis Institute of Art
#49919
The Opening of the Fourth Seal: The Fourth Horseman
Getty Museum
#184e3e1d-a62f-49d3-85e4-a41e0bcb597b
The Apocalypse: St. John Sees the Four Riders
Cleveland Museum of Art
#130460
The Opening of the First Seal: The First Horseman
Getty Museum
#bdbac9f4-ce01-4644-820f-fb4fa8ca3572
Beast with Two Horns Like a Lamb
Minneapolis Institute of Art
#49918
Leaf from an Apocalypse manuscript with miniatures
Getty Museum
#e65f87b5-c7ee-4316-ab3a-acfd6756a188
The Whore of Babylon, from The Apocalypse
Art Institute of Chicago
#4137