After Albrecht Dürer; possibly 20th century.

After ALBERTO DURERO (Nuremberg, 1471-1528).
"The four horsemen of the Apocalypse".
Bronze engraving plate. Made posthumously, at an undetermined date.
Signed on plate A.D.
Measurements: 40,3 x 29 ,2 cm.
This work follows the model of one of the most famous engravings of Albrecht Dürer whose first edition was in 1498. Albrecht Dürer is the most famous artist of the German Renaissance, known for his paintings, drawings, engravings and theoretical writings on art, which exerted a profound influence on the artists of the sixteenth century both in his own country and in the Netherlands, thus being one of the main introducers of the Italian Renaissance in Central Europe. The son of a goldsmith, Dürer was trained in the late Gothic tradition and that of the Flemish Primitives. He began his career as an engraver and portrait painter, and in 1494 he made his first trip to Italy. He returned and settled in Nuremberg, where he produced a large number of engravings that increased his fame, including the series of the "Apocalypse", "Samson defeating the lion" and others. These works demonstrate not only his great technical mastery, but also his knowledge of the Roman treatise Vitruvius, and a brilliant ability to incorporate details of nature in works that reflect the environment with great realism. He traveled to Italy again between 1505 and 1507, and in Venice he met the master Giovanni Bellini and other artists. On his return to Nuremberg, he began a second period of enormous artistic production with works such as the altarpiece for the Dominican church in Frankfurt am Main, large series of engravings, etc. Dürer is currently represented in the most important art galleries around the world, such as the Prado Museum, the British Museum, the Louvre, the Alte Pinakothek in Munich, the Uffizi in Florence and many others.