, 2008. Fibreglass stone and airplane. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa. Purchased 2011. Photo © Roman März](/images/content/menuSeeGallery.png)
Benjamin West
The Death of General Wolfe (Detail), 1770
oil on canvas
152.6 x 214.5 cm
Transfer from the Canadian War Memorials, 1921 (Gift of the 2nd Duke of Westminster, England, 1918)
National Gallery of Canada (no. 8007)
Collections
Enlarge image
The Four Horsemen, c. 1496-1498
Albrecht Dürer
German, 1471
- 1528
woodcut on laid paper
39 x 28.1 cm
Acquired 1953
National Gallery of Canada (no. 6165)
This print, like the one entitled "The Beast with Lamb's Horns", belongs to a series of fifteen woodcuts made to illustrate the last book of the New Testament, the "Apocalypse of John", also known as the "Book of Revelation". Beginning in 1498, the series was issued in two editions with overleaf text, German in one edition and Latin in the other. This impression, however, remarkable in its quality, is an individual proof made on a fine, smooth paper. Taken from the sixth chapter of the "Apocalypse", it shows four horsemen, who take up the centre of the composition and embody, from top to bottom, War, Discord, Famine, and, in the foreground, Death. Beneath his feet, the gaping mouth of Hades is about to gobble up a bishop.
Categories
International
Prints & Drawings
Audioguide
No Audio
Media
No Media
Library and Archives
Extras
No Extras
Interlaced Cord Pattern with Heart-shaped Centre
The Virgin on a Crescent with a Crown of Stars and a Sceptre
The Oriental Family
Facebook
Pinterest
Twitter
YouTube
