Albrecht Dürer
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

CultureGerman
Titles
  • The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
  • from The Apocalypse
Date1497–1498, Latin edition published 1511
PlaceGermany
MediumWoodcut on laid paper, state III/IV, Latin edition
DimensionsBlock: 15 9/16 × 11 1/16 in. (39.5 × 28.1 cm)
Sheet: 17 7/8 × 11 7/8 in. (45.4 × 30.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object number39.94
Non exposé

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ProvenanceMiss Ima Hogg by 1939; given to MFAH, 1939
Exhibition History"Going with the Grain: Woodcuts from Houston Collections," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Cameron Gallery, January 31- April 19, 2009.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Inscribed in graphite, lower left edge: R
Recto: Signed in printed ink, in block, center bottom edge: AD [monogram]
Recto: Inscribed in graphite, center bottom edge: The Four Riders of the Apocalypse B 64 1511
Recto: Signed in printed ink, in block, center bottom edge: AD [monogram]
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Catalogue raisonnéMeisterblatter 2000 56.19; The Illustrated Bartsch (Commentary) X.1001.332.264; The Illustrated Bartsch (Albrecht Durer) X 159.64; Meder Vol.12.154.167; MFA Boston 1971 43.32; Kurth 1963 __.109; Hollstein German VII.137.167

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