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The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
(18th and 19th Centuries )
Portrayed are War bearing a sword, Pestilence holding a quiver of arrows, Famine clutching an empty bowl, and Death with a scythe. This bronze was intended to be exhibited at the National Sculpture Society Exhibition in 1929, but because of a delay in casting, it was not entered although it is in the catalogue. It is a sketch intended for a large-scale public sculpture.
Schuler, a native of Lorraine (in present-day France), was raised in Baltimore and attended the School of Art and Design at the Maryland Institute. He received the Rinehart Prize, enabling him to study in Paris. After receiving awards at the Paris Salon, Schuler returned to Baltimore, where he pursued a highly successful career as the city's leading sculptor.
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Provenance
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Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1931, by purchase [from the artist]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
USA, Maryland, Baltimore (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 24 1/2 x W: 46 9/16 in. (62.3 x 118.2 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1931
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
28.2