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The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

Hans Schuler (American, 1874-1951) (Artist)
1929
bronze
(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 and founded the Schuler School of Fine Art.

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[Signature] Schuler, 29

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Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.

Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1931, by purchase [from the artist]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

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USA, Maryland, Baltimore (Place of Origin)

Measurements

H: 24 1/2 x W: 46 9/16 in. (62.3 x 118.2 cm)

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Acquired by Henry Walters, 1931

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.

28.2

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