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Unknown artist of the second half of the XIX century Breaking of Seven Seals From the series of illustrations for the Holy Bible and Parables Paper, watercolour, pencil, ink, pen. 53,8 õ 35,6 SHM Inv. 21600/ÈII-4376-56 Purchased in 1891 from G.I.Zhizhin. All in all there are 83 sheet from this series kept in SHM. The subject is borrowed from The Revelation of St. John the Divine (VI, 4): «And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.» (The text is quoted from the Synodal edition).