He stands at the left, watching.
Bible in art · Revelation
The Opening of the First Seal: The First Horseman (Ms. Ludwig III 1, fol. 6, from the Getty Apocalypse)
Unknown English painter · about 1255–1260
Getty Center, Los Angeles
Another page of the Getty Apocalypse, England, about 1255–1260. The painter drew in brown ink and laid colour in only some places; the white horse is the bare parchment itself.
John stands at the left and watches. An angel flies down to call him. A crowned rider gallops across the picture on a white horse, drawing a bow.
From the text
- A white horse whose rider held a bow (Revelation 6:2)
- He was given a crown (Revelation 6:2)
The artist’s own
- John watching from outside the action, as on every page of this book
- An angel in place of the living creature who says “Come!”
Details
John
The angel
A winged figure flies down.
The rider
A crowned man draws a bow.
The white horse
The horse is left uncoloured.
Unknown illuminator, English (probably London). The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles (Ms. Ludwig III 1 (83.MC.72), fol. 6) · Tempera colors, gold leaf, colored washes, pen and ink · Images provided here are believed to be in the public domain and are available under CC0 through Getty’s Open Content Program. (Getty record: "No Copyright", http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)