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The four horsemen of the apocalypse are war, death, pestilence, and famine. The four horsemen of the apocalypse were painted in 1497–98 by Albrecht Durer. Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire location 1The four horsemen of the apocalypse are described in 8 verses in revelation. The four horsemen appear when the lamb of god opens the first four seals of a scroll with 7 seals. 2 the White rider is referred to as Conquest. The name could also be construed as "Victory," per the translation found in the Jerusalem Bible He carries a bow, and wears a victor's crown. 3The rider of the second horse is often taken to represent War or mass slaughter. His horse's color is red In some translations, the color is specifically a "fiery" red. 4The third horseman rides a black horse and is generally understood as Famine. The horseman carries a pair of balances or weighing scales, indicating the way that bread would have been weighed during a famine 5 The fourth and final horseman is named Death. Of all the riders, he is the only one to whom the text itself explicitly gives a name. Unlike the other three, he is not described carrying a weapon/object, instead he is followed by Hades. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are described in the last book of the New Testament of the Bible, called the Book of Revelation of Jesus Christ to Saint John the Evangelist at 6:1-8. The chapter tells of a book'/'scroll in God's right hand that is sealed with seven seals". The Lamb of God/Lion of Judah opens the first four of the seven seals, which summons forth four beings that ride out on white, red, black, and pale horses. Although some interpretations differ, the four riders are commonly seen as symbolizing Conquest, War, Famine and Death, respectively. The Christian apocalyptic vision is that the four horsemen are to set a divine apocalypse upon the world as harbingers of the Last Judgment.