Knight, Death and Devil
1513
Artist, German, 1471 - 1528

Artwork overview
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Medium
engraving on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 24.8 x 10.1 cm (9 3/4 x 4 in.)
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Accession
1943.3.3519
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Catalogue Raisonné
Meder, no. 74, State a or before
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(sale, C.G. Boerner, Leipzig, May 7-9, 1928, lot 410); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA (Lugt 1760b and Lugt 1932d); gift to NGA, 1943.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1945
Prints from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, John Herron Art Institute, Indianapolis, IN, 1945, no. 23.
1949
Goethe as a Print Lover: to Celebrate the Bicentennial of his Birth, Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA, 1949, no catalogue.
1953
Nuremberg and the German World, 1460-1530: Prints and books from the Kress and Rosenwald Collections, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1953.
1955
Miniatures and Prints from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1955.
1956
Selected Prints from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, City Art Museum, St. Louis, MO, 1956.
1957
Horse and Rider, Fort Worth Art Center, TX, 1957.
1960
Prints by Albrecht Dürer, University of Kansas Museum of Art, Lawrence, KS, 1960, no. 28.
Dürer, Rembrandt, Goya: Exhibition of Fine Prints, Huntington Library and Art Gallery, San Marino, CA, 1960-1961, no. 8, repro.
1968
L'Incisione Europea dal XV al XX Secolo, Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna, Turin, Italy, 1968. no. 95, repro.
1969
Symbols in Transformation: Iconographic Themes at the Time of the Reformation, Princeton University Art Museum, 1969, no. 73, repro.
1971
Prints by Albrecht Durer, Birmingham Museum of Art, 1971.
1974
Europe in Torment: 1450-1550, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, 1974, no. 44, repro.
1999
Religion and Politics: The Renaissance Print in Social Context, Marsh Art Gallery, Richmond, 1999, no. 63.
2007
Fabulous Journeys and Faraway Places: Travels on Paper, 1450 - 1700, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2007
Bibliography
1932
Meder, Joseph. Dürer-Katalog; ein Handbuch über Albrecht Dürers Stiche, Radierungen, Holzschnitte, deren Zustände, Ausgaben und Wasserzeichen. Vienna: Verlag Gilhofer und Ranschburg, 1932. Reprint. New York: Da Capo Press, 1971.
1999
Johnson, Charles. Religion & Politics: The Renaissance Print in Social Context. Exh. cat. Marsh Art Gallery, University of Richmond, 1999: no. 63; illus., cover (p.1).
2001
Schoch, Rainer, Mattihas Mende, and Anna Scherbaum. Albrecht Dürer: Das druckgraphische Werk. Munich, 2001: vol. 1: no. 69.
Inscriptions
in plate, bottom left, on tablet: S 1513 / AD [artist's monogram]; verso, center right, in graphite by a later hand: 98; verso, lower center, in graphite by a later hand: B. 98 D. 70; verso, lower left, in graphite by a later hand: B . 98; verso, lower right, in graphite by a later hand: 410; verso, lower left, in graphite by a later hand: 410; verso, bottom right, in graphite by a later hand: 58 [upside down]
Watermarks
none visible
Wikidata ID
Q1755464