Apocalypse ( Dürer ) - wikipedia Apocalypse ( Dürer ) Title page to the second Latin edition of 1511 The Apocalypse, properly Apocalypse with Pictures ( Latin : Apocalypsis cum Figuris ) is a famous series of fifteen woodcuts by Albrecht Dürer of scenes from the Book of Revelation, published in 1498, which rapidly brought him fame across Europe. The series was probably cut on pear wood blocks and drew on theological advice, particularly from Johannes Pirckheimer, the father of Dürer 's friend Willibald Pirckheimer. Work on the series started during Dürer 's first trip to Italy ( 1494 -- 95 ), and the set was published simultaneously in Latin and German at Nuremberg in 1498, at a time when much of Europe anticipated a possible Last Judgment at 1500. The most famous print in the series is The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse ( ca. 1497 -- 98 ), referring to Revelation 6 : 1 -- 8. The layout of the cycle with the illustrations on the recto and the text on the verso suggests the privileging of the illustrations over the text. The series brought Dürer fame and wealth as well as some freedom from the patronage system, which, in turn, allowed him to choose his own subjects and to devote more time to engraving. In 1511, Dürer published the second edition of Apocalypse in a combined edition with his Life of the Virgin and Large Passion ; single impressions were also produced and sold. Contents 1 Gallery 2 Similar cycles 3 See also 4 Notes 5 External links Gallery 1. The martyrdom of St John 2. St John 's vision of the seven candlesticks 3. St John kneeling before Christ and the twenty - four elders 4. The four horsemen of the Apocalypse 5. The opening of the fifth and sixth seals 6. Four angels holding back the winds, and the marking of the elect 7. The hymn in adoration of the lamb 8. The opening of the seventh seal and the eagle crying ' Woe ' 9. The four angels of Death 10. St John eating the book 11. The woman of the Apocalypse and the seven - headed dragon 12. St Michael fighting the Dragon 13. The Whore of Babylon 14. The beast with the lamb 's horns and the beast with seven heads 15. The angel with the key of the bottomless pit Similar cycles Jean Duvet 's major work was an engraved series from the 1550s, influenced by Dürer but very different in style. Frans Masereel called his World War I series of 25 drawings The Apocalypse of Our Time ; in 1943, Benton Spruance made a lithograph titled Riders of the Apocalypse. In 1945 Édouard Goerg ( fr ) published 20 lithographs in a series named The Apocalypse. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse and another Dürer engraving called The Sea Beast appeared in the 2007 Russian TV series The Sea Devils 2 ( Морские дьяволы - 2 ). See also List of paintings by Albrecht Dürer List of engravings by Dürer List of woodcuts by Dürer Notes Jump up ^ `` Apocalypse Then : Dürer to the Twentieth Century ''. Ackland Art Museum. Archived from the original on 5 September 2008. Retrieved 2008 - 07 - 28. Jump up ^ Giulia Bartrum, Albrecht Dürer and his Legacy, 106, 124 - 125, British Museum Press, 2002, ISBN 0 - 7141 - 2633 - 0 Jump up ^ `` Albrecht Dürer : Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse ''. Metropolitan Museum of Art. Archived from the original on 5 September 2008. Retrieved 2008 - 07 - 28. Jump up ^ `` Albrecht Dürer The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, a woodcut ''. BritishMuseum.org. Archived from the original on 20 August 2008. Retrieved 2008 - 07 - 29. Jump up ^ Bartrum, 124 External links Media related to Albrecht Dürer woodcut series - Apocalypse at Wikimedia Commons Britannica entry All pieces ( Connecticut College Wetmore Print Collection ) Art - history video commentaries on each plate hide Albrecht Dürer Paintings Portrait Diptych of Dürer 's Parents ( 1490 ) Portrait of Frederick III of Saxony ( 1496 ) St. Jerome in the Wilderness ( c. 1496 ) Portrait of Dürer 's Father at 70 ( 1497 ) Haller Madonna ( c. 1498 ) Lamentation of Christ ( attributed, c. 1498 ) Portrait of Oswolt Krell ( 1499 ) Portrait of Elsbeth Tucker ( 1499 ) Seven Sorrows Polyptych ( c. 1500 ) Lamentation of Christ ( c. 1500 ) Adoration of the Magi ( 1504 ) Bagnacavallo Madonna ( before 1505 ) Christ among the Doctors ( 1506 ) Portrait of a Young Venetian Woman ( 1505 ) Feast of the Rosary ( 1506 ) Avarice ( 1507 ) Adam and Eve ( 1507 ) Martyrdom of the Ten Thousand ( 1508 ) Life of the Virgin ( 1510 -- 1511 ) The Suicide of Lucretia ( 1518 ) Portrait of Emperor Maximilian I ( 1519 ) Portrait of Jakob Fugger ( c. 1520 ) Portrait of a Man ( 1521 or 1524 ) Portrait of Bernhart von Reesen ( 1521 ) Saint Jerome in His Study ( 1521 ) The Four Apostles ( 1526 ) Portrait of Hieronymus Holzschuher ( 1526 ) Portrait of Jakob Muffel ( 1526 ) Virgin of the Pear ( 1526 ) Self - portraits Self - Portrait at the Age of 13 ( drawing, 1484 ) Self - Portrait c 1492 ( drawing, 1492 ) Portrait of the Artist Holding a Thistle ( 1493 ) Self - Portrait at 26 ( 1498 ) Self - Portrait at 28 ( 1500 ) Woodcuts and engravings The Child Jesus Holding the Globe ( 1493 ) Dürer 's Wife Agnes ( 1494 ) The Holy Family with the Dragonfly ( 1495 ) The Muse Thalia ( 1495 -- 1496 ) The Holy Family with Three Hares ( 1496 ) Angel with a Lute ( 1497 ) Apocalypse ( 1498 ) Saint Michael Fighting the Dragon ( 1498 ) The Four Witches ( 1497 ) The Sea Monster ( 1498 -- 1500 ) Saint Sebastian at the Column ( 1500 ) Visitation ( 1503 ) Adam and Eve ( 1504 ) Joachim and Anne Meeting at the Golden Gate ( 1504 ) Knight, Death and the Devil ( 1513 ) Melencolia I ( 1514 ) Saint Jerome in His Study ( 1514 ) Triumphal Arch ( 1515 ) Head of a Walrus ( 1514 ) Rhinoceros ( 1515 ) Large Triumphal Carriage ( 1522 ) Portrait of Erasmus ( 1526 ) Drawings, watercolours Young Hare ( 1502 ) Great Piece of Turf ( 1503 ) Madonna of the Animals ( c. 1503 ) Praying Hands ( c. 1508 ) Wing of a European Roller ( 1512 ) Portrait of the Artist 's Mother at the Age of 63 ( 1514 ) Altarpieces Dresden Altarpiece ( c. 1496 -- 1497 / 1503 -- 1504 ) Paumgartner Altarpiece ( c. 1500 ) Jabach Altarpiece ( c. 1503 -- 1504 ) Heller Altarpiece ( c. 1508 ) Adoration of the Trinity ( 1511 ) Museums Albrecht Dürer 's House Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Apocalypse_ ( Dürer ) &oldid = 843234456 '' Categories : Prints by Albrecht Dürer 1498 works Prints based on the Bible Woodcuts 15th - century prints Hidden categories : Articles containing Latin - language text Interlanguage link template link number Talk Contents About Wikipedia Čeština Deutsch Español Français Hrvatski Italiano Português Русский Edit links This page was last edited on 27 May 2018, at 20 : 13 ( UTC ). 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Question: who created the woodcut the four horseman of the apocalypse
Answer: Albrecht Dürer