MAY 2016 - ALBRECHT DÜRER

Apocalypse, 1497-98

The British Museum, London, woodcut

"The four horsemen of the Apocalypse; four horsemen representing death, famine, war and conquest, ride from left to right over various people, in the left lower corner Hell devours a ruler wearing a bishop's mitre combined with an emperor's crown. One impression without text from a series of 15 woodcuts."

Quote from:

https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1336337&partId=1&people=114599&peoA=114599-3-9&page=1

Picture from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apocalypse_(D%C3%BCrer)#/media/File:D%C3%BCrer_Apocalypse_4.jpg