Dance of Death I

1562

Allaert Claesz

Artist, Netherlandish, active 1520/1555

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    sheet (cut to platemark): 8.7 x 6.5 cm (3 7/16 x 2 9/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2002.157.8

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein no. 167

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Lucien Goldschmidt, Inc., New York); Ruth Cole Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased October 16, 1970; gift to NGA, 2003.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberge

Inscriptions

upper right in image: 1562 / AC (in monogram)

Wikidata ID

Q76335523

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