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horsemen of apocalypses ride on whimsical huge locust, russian greyhound, black-skinned rhino, plague rat, whimsical country landscape that burn at left side and drown in rain at right side: by Stephen Gammell, Rafal Olbinski, Michael Cheval and Giuseppe Arcimboldo, oil on canvas, sunrays spotlights, surrealistic
A wide oil painting depicts four allegorical figures, skeletal in appearance, each riding a different creature, traversing a desolate landscape under a stormy, apocalyptic sky.
On the far left, a skeletal figure in dark armor with long hair rides a giant grasshopper. The grasshopper is a dirty yellow-green, its segmented body and large eyes clearly visible. This figure holds a staff with a tattered, dark yellow flag bearing a dark, stylized skull or symbol. Below them, a town is engulfed in raging orange and red flames and dark smoke, creating a scene of destruction and chaos. The sky above is dark and cloudy with hints of red and orange from the fires.
Next to the grasshopper, a emaciated, skeletal figure with flowing hair, appearing to be female, rides a lean, pale greyhound-like creature. This rider holds a balanced scale in one hand. Their part of the landscape is a dry, barren earth, but slightly greener than the fiery landscape, under a dramatic sky where shafts of divine light break through the dark clouds, illuminating the area with a golden glow.
Following them is a skeletal figure with a dark crown and holding a scepter, riding a powerful, dark grey rhinoceros. The rhinoceros has
