Vidi, quod aperuisset agnus... (The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse)

1809/1810

Luigi Sabatelli I

Artist, Italian, 1772 - 1850

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 65.4 x 48 cm (25 3/4 x 18 7/8 in.)
    plate: 63.2 x 45.5 cm (24 7/8 x 17 15/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2011.124.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Le Blanc 1854-1888: undesc.

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mattia Jona, Milan; purchased 2011 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2014

  • From Neoclassicism to Futurism: Italian Prints and Drawings, 1800- 1925, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2014 - 2015.

Bibliography

1854

  • Le Blanc, Charles. _Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes, contenant le dictionnaire des graveurs de toutes les nations, dans lequel sont decrites les estampes rares, precieuses et interessantes avec l'indication de leurs differents etats et des prix auxquels: undesc.

1978

  • Paolozzi Strozz, Beatrice. Luigi Sabatelli: Disegni e Incisioni. Florence, 1978: no. 64.

Inscriptions

lower right in plate: Luigi Sabatelli invenit. ed. inc. Milano; along bottom of plate, Vidi, quod aperuisset agnus...de septem sigillis: et ecce equus albus, et qui sedebat super illum habebat arcum...exivit equus rufus: et qui sedebat super illum, / datus est ei gladius magnus...ecce equus niger: et qui sedebat super illum, habebat stateram...ecce equus pallidus: et qui sedebat super eum, nomen illi mors. Apoc. C. VI

Wikidata ID

Q76560544

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