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Four riders representing Conquest, War, Famine, and Death gallop across the composition, crushing victims beneath their horses' hooves. Above them, an angel descends from the clouds, and the ground below is littered with the bodies of clergy, peasants, and rulers caught in the path of the destruction.
This image serves as a powerful visual meditation on the eschatological themes central to late medieval and early modern Christian apocalypticism. Its stark depiction of the end-times reflects the era's profound preoccupation with divine judgment and the transition of the physical world into the spiritual realm.
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Connected Texts
Book of Revelation
The print is a direct visual adaptation of the narrative found in Chapter 6 of the Book of Revelation.
Provenance & Source
Object
Woodcut
religious
Digital Source
Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
Bibioteca Nacional Digital - Brasil: info; file
Public domain
1000 × 1405 px
22bc404896470fd2dd646fd019931227fd13585e
August 1, 2015
April 14, 2026
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