The Four Horsemen, from The Apocalypse

woodcut by Albrecht Dürer from the series Apocalypse
VisualArtwork woodcut_print Q5980742
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Summary

The Four Horsemen, from The Apocalypse is a woodcut print[1]. It is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Key Facts

  • Creator: Albrecht Dürer[3]
  • Instance of: print[4]
  • Maintained by: Drawings and Prints[5]
  • Movement: German Renaissance[6]
  • Genre: religious art[7]
  • Based on: Revelation 6[8]
  • Part of the series: Apocalypse[9]
  • Depicts: Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse[10], First Horseman of the Apocalypse[11], Second Horseman of the Apocalypse[12], Third Horseman of the Apocalypse[13], Fourth Horseman of the Apocalypse[14]
  • Made from material: laid paper[15]
  • Collection: Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen[16], Prints in the National Gallery of Art[17], Cleveland Museum of Art[18], National Gallery of Art[19], Rosenwald Collection[20], Chester Beatty Library[21], Kunsthalle Kiel[22], Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe[23], Städel Museum[24], Harvard Art Museums[25], Statens Museum for Kunst[26], Metropolitan Museum of Art[27], Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum[28], Museum of Fine Arts, Houston[29]
  • Inventory number: DN 1233/184 (PK)[30], 1979.39.1[31], 1932.313[32], 2008.109.5[33], 1980.45.456.kk[34], WEp 0021[35], 1926-SHKV 64[36], I 984[37], 31489[38], 6.1965[39], 1922.94.5[40], KKS8434/4[41], 19.73.209[42], 68.793.2[43]
  • Location: Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen[44], National Gallery of Art[45], Veste Coburg[46], National Gallery Prague[47], Cleveland Museum of Art[48], Chester Beatty Library[49], Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe[50], Städel Museum[51], Statens Museum for Kunst[52], Davison Art Center[53]
  • Commons category: Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse by Albrecht Dürer[54]
  • Country of origin: Germany[55]
  • Catalog code: 64 (Grav. Bois)[56], 013[57], C. D. 11[58], 109[59], 167[60]
  • Inception: 1496[61], 1498[62]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  20. [22] ↑ . museen-sh.de. museen-sh.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  22. [24] ↑ . sammlung.staedelmuseum.de. sammlung.staedelmuseum.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] ↑ . open.smk.dk. open.smk.dk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Metropolitan Museum of Art. wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . collection.cooperhewitt.org. collection.cooperhewitt.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . emuseum.mfah.org. emuseum.mfah.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  37. [39] ↑ . harvardartmuseums.org. harvardartmuseums.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . Cleveland Museum of Art. wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . open.smk.dk. open.smk.dk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . Metropolitan Museum of Art. wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . Metropolitan Museum of Art. wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . boijmans.nl. Retrieved . boijmans.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . purl.org. purl.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . Cleveland Museum of Art. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . viewer.cbl.ie. viewer.cbl.ie. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . kunsthalle-karlsruhe.de. kunsthalle-karlsruhe.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  49. [51] ↑ . sammlung.staedelmuseum.de. sammlung.staedelmuseum.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  50. [52] ↑ . open.smk.dk. open.smk.dk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  51. [53] ↑ . dac-collection.wesleyan.edu. dac-collection.wesleyan.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  52. [54] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  53. [55] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  54. [56] ↑ . Bartsch's Le Peintre Graveur. wikidata.org.
  55. [57] ↑ . Albrecht Dürer: Complete woodcuts. wikidata.org.
  56. [58] ↑ . Catalogue of Early German and Flemish Woodcuts in the British Museum, Vol. 1. wikidata.org.
  57. [59] ↑ . Kurth's Complete Woodcuts of Albrecht Dürer. wikidata.org.
  58. [60] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  59. [61] ↑ . purl.org. purl.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  60. [62] ↑ . Albrecht Dürer: Complete woodcuts. purl.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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