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The four horsemen of the Apocalypse, by Durer

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An image of The Four horsemen of the Apocalypse. The Apocalypse (Series Title). Dürer, Albrecht (German, 1471-1528). Woodcut, black carbon ink on liad paper, image height: 392 mm, image width 283 mm, sheet height 392 mm, sheet width 283 mm, on or before 1498. Production Notes: Single-leaf impression before the text.

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The Four horsemen of the Apocalypse. The Apocalypse (Series Title). Dürer, Albrecht (German, 1471-1528). Woodcut, black carbon ink on liad paper, image height: 392 mm, image width 283 mm, sheet height 392 mm, sheet width 283 mm, on or before 1498. Production Notes: Single-leaf impression before the text.

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  • Accession Number: P.3051-R
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Photographer name: Andrew Norman
  • Image height: 1025 pixels
  • Image width: 745 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 1.08MB

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