L'Apocalypse (Edition latine) Les Quatre Cavaliers de l'Apocalypse (Bartsch 64), GDUT4110

Four riders charge from right to left, trampling a group of people that includes a king being swallowed by a hell-mouth. The rider in the foreground is Death, depicted as an emaciated old man on a sickly horse, followed by Famine holding scales, War with a sword, and Conquest with a bow. Parallel lines of light and cloud create a sense of rapid, unstoppable movement across the scene.

This work is the most famous depiction of the Christian prophetic tradition regarding the end of days, created during a period of intense millenarian anxiety at the turn of the 16th century. It reflects the era's preoccupation with divine judgment and the interpretation of sacred history, themes central to the Western prophetic and esoteric traditions.