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Doré, Gustave (19) 귀스타프 도레

바이블엔명화 2020. 8. 9. 18:10

Gustave Doré 1832 – 1883

Death on the Pale Horse

engraving — 1865

Gustave Doré biography

This work is linked to Revelation 6:8

 

Art and the Bible - Revelation 6 - New Testament

Revelation 6 1 And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see. 2 And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto

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The Lamb of God opens the seven seals of a book "written within and on the backside". After the opening of the fourth seal, Death rides into the world on a pale horse. He is the fourth knight of the apocalypse. Hell follows him