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The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Russian painter Victor Mikhailovich Vasnetsov portrayed one of the Bible’s end-of-the-world events in his painting The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1887). According to the Bible’s Book of Revelation, the horsemen represent war, famine, pestilence, and death. The painting hangs in the Museum of Religion and Atheism in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Museum of Religion and Atheism, St. Petersburg, Russia/Bridgeman Art Library, London/New York
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Apocalyptic Writings; Millennium
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