Who created "The Four Horsemen, from "The Apocalypse""?

The Four Horsemen, from "The Apocalypse" was created by Albrecht Dürer in 1498.

What medium is "The Four Horsemen, from "The Apocalypse""?

The Four Horsemen, from "The Apocalypse" is Woodcut.

Is "The Four Horsemen, from "The Apocalypse"" in the public domain?

Yes, The Four Horsemen, from "The Apocalypse" is in the public domain and available for free download under CC0 license.

The Four Horsemen, from "The Apocalypse"

Albrecht Dürer

1498

Medium

Woodcut

Dimensions

Sheet: 15 1/4 x 11 7/16 in. (38.8 x 29.1 cm) Image: 15 1/4 x 11 in. (38.7 x 27.9 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Junius Spencer Morgan, 1919

Accession Number

19.73.209

Tags

MenApocalypseHorses

Art Historical Context

Albrecht Dürer's *The Four Horsemen, "The Apocalypse"* (1498) is a powerhouse of Northern Renaissance printmaking, capturing the biblical fury from the Book of Revelation. of Dürer's groundbreaking 15-image woodcut series inspired by Saint John's visions, this scene depicts Conquest, War, Famine, and Death thundering across the earth on spectral horses, trampling the helpless below. Created amid late-15th-century turmoil—plagues, wars, millennial fears—it reflected Europe's anxious psyche while showcasing Dürer's fusion of German precision with Italian Renaissance dynamism. As a woodcut, the ...

About the Artist

Albrecht Dürer · 1471–1528

Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528) stands as the preeminent figure of the Northern Renaissance and arguably the most influential artist in the history of printmaking. Born in Nuremberg on May 21, 1471, and dying in the same city on April 6, 1528, Dürer revolutionized the status of the artist in Northern Europe, transforming printmaking from a commercial craft into an independent fine art and establishing ...

The Four Horsemen, from "The Apocalypse"

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