Artist field note

Albrecht Dürer

Observation, intellect and craft meet at extraordinary resolution.

The Four Horsemen by Albrecht Dürer
Art Institute of Chicago · Public domainSource ↗

05 / 05

The Four Horsemen

1498

Apocalyptic riders surge through an image whose carved line feels almost audible.

The five in one idea

Dürer joined northern observation to Renaissance theory and remade the artist as an intellectual author.