By it are the bows strung,
Original French: Par elle ſont les arcs tendus,
Modern French: Par elle sont les arcs tendus,
Notes
Detail of archer of the Apocalypse
Detail of the four horsemen of the Apocalypse; four horsemen representing death, famine, war and conquest, ride from left to right over various people, in the lower left corner Hell devours a ruler wearing a bishop’s mitre combined with an emperor’s crown. One impression without text from a series of 15 woodcuts. c.1497-8.
Dürer, Albrecht (1471–1528), Apocalypse. 1497. Image AN71705001. British Museum
Archer of the apocalypse
The four horsemen of the Apocalypse; four horsemen representing death, famine, war and conquest, ride from left to right over various people, in the lower left corner Hell devours a ruler wearing a bishop’s mitre combined with an emperor’s crown. One impression without text from a series of 15 woodcuts. c.1497-8.
Dürer, Albrecht (1471–1528), Apocalypse. 1497. image AN71705001. British Museum
Apollo and Diana
Dürer, Albrecht (1471–1528), Apollo and Diana. 1502. engraving. Dürer