The Four Horsemen

1498

Albrecht Dürer

Artist, German, 1471 - 1528

Albrecht Dürer

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Albrecht Dürer

1498

The Apocalypse of Saint John

Albrecht Dürer

1498

The Martyrdom of Saint John

Albrecht Dürer

1498


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dr. Carl Gaa [1871-c.1925], Mannheim; (his sale, Boerner, 6 May 1926, no. 436); acquired by Félix Somary [1881-1956], Zurich, via Joseph Meder; by descent to heirs of Somary; Gustav Laube; by descent to the heirs of Laube; (August Laube, Zurich); purchased by NGA, 2008.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2020

  • Visions of the End, McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture, Knoxville, TN, 2020, no cat.

Bibliography

1932

  • Meder, Joseph. Dürer-Katalog; ein Handbuch über Albrecht Dürers Stiche, Radierungen, Holzschnitte, deren Zustände, Ausgaben und Wasserzeichen. Vienna: Verlag Gilhofer und Ranschburg, 1932. Reprint. New York: Da Capo Press, 1971.

2001

  • Schoch, Rainer, Mattihas Mende, and Anna Scherbaum. Albrecht Dürer: Das druckgraphische Werk. Munich, 2001: vol. 2: no. 115.

2009

  • Robison, Andrew. "Albrecht Dürer, Apocalypse with Images." National Gallery of Art Bulletin no. 40 (Spring 2009): 27-29, repro.

Inscriptions

in margin at lower left, in graphite: B. 64; on verso, at bottom center, in graphite: B. 64; on verso, in margin at upper right, in black ink: [undecipherable] Israel

Markings

verso, at lower right, stamped in purple ink: Felix Somary [Lugt 4384)

Wikidata ID

Q5980742

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