The Death on the Pale Horse

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The Death on the Pale Horse is a dramatic apocalyptic painting by Benjamin West depicting the biblical vision of Death riding forth as one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf apocalyptic painting ⓘ
painting ⓘ
religious painting ⓘ
artForm oil painting ⓘ
artisticTheme divine punishment ⓘ
end of the world ⓘ
human suffering ⓘ
mortality ⓘ
basedOn New Testament Book of Revelation ⓘ
linked to: Book of Revelation

vision of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse ⓘ
colorPalette dramatic contrasts of light and dark ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
creator Benjamin West ⓘ
creatorBirthName Benjamin West ⓘ
creatorBirthPlace Springfield, Pennsylvania ⓘ
creatorNationality American ⓘ
creatorOccupation painter ⓘ
depicts Book of Revelation ⓘ
Christian eschatology ⓘ
Death ⓘ
Death riding a pale horse ⓘ
linked to: Death Rides a Horse

Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse ⓘ
chaos and destruction ⓘ
crowds of terrified people ⓘ
divine judgment ⓘ
heavenly and infernal forces ⓘ
genre history painting ⓘ
religious art ⓘ
hasInfluence Romantic religious painting ⓘ
hasPart angels ⓘ
cataclysmic landscape ⓘ
figures of the damned ⓘ
pale horse ⓘ
hasStyle complex multi-figure arrangement ⓘ
dramatic composition ⓘ
dynamic movement ⓘ
expressive gestures ⓘ
inspiredBy biblical prophecy ⓘ
mainSubject Last Judgment ⓘ
linked to: The Last Judgment

apocalypse ⓘ
divine wrath ⓘ
movement Neoclassicism ⓘ
Romanticism ⓘ
originalLanguageTitle Death on the Pale Horse ⓘ

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Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse → hasMember → Rider on the Pale Horse ⓘ
linked to: The Death on the Pale Horse
Benjamin West → knownFor → The Death on the Pale Horse ⓘ
Benjamin West → notableWork → The Death on the Pale Horse ⓘ
The Death on the Pale Horse → originalLanguageTitle → Death on the Pale Horse ⓘ
linked to: The Death on the Pale Horse