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Albrecht Dürer: The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

Albrecht Dürer 1471 – 1528

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

woodcarving — 1498

Albrecht Dürer biography

This work is linked to Revelation 6:1

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In his Revelation John saw how the Lamb of God, a symbol for Christ, opened the seven seals of a book. The first four seals each revealed a horseman:

  1. white horse: horseman with bow, carrying a crown. Symbolizes disease;
  2. red horse: horseman with sword. Symbolizes war;
  3. black horse: horseman with scales. Symbolizes hunger, starvation;
  4. pale horse: horseman with scythe. Death.