Der Künig (The King)

c. 1526

Hans Lützelburger after Hans Holbein the Younger

Associated Names
Hans Lützelburger

Artist, German, active 1517-1526

Hans Holbein the Younger

Artist After, German, 1497/1498 - 1543

The image depicts a king sitting at a table with skeletons attending to him. The scene is ornately designed, with a figure seated in a throne-like chair at the head of a table, surrounded by attendants. On one side, there is a figure carving an object placed on the table, while on the other side, skeletal figures are serving the table. The background includes a tapestry with decorative motifs. The architectural setting features columns and a detailed interior space, suggesting an opulent setting.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1964.8.1090

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Passavant, no. 8, State i

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1973

  • Fifteenth- and Sixteenth-Century Prints of Northern Europe from the National Gallery of Art Rosenwald Collection, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1973, no. 64.

1974

  • Europe in Torment: 1450-1550, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, 1974, no. 29-5, repro.

Bibliography

1860

  • Passavant, Johann David. Le peintre-graveur, contenant l'histoire de la gravure sur bois, sur metalet au buring jusque vers la fin du XVI siecle .... 6 vols. Leipzig: Rudolph Weigel, 1860-1864.

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts, ca. 1400-1700. Vol. XIV A. Roosendaal, 1988: no. 99, 8.

Wikidata ID

Q65508703

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