Death and the Lansquenet

1510

Albrecht Dürer

Artist, German, 1471 - 1528

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to block): 12.2 × 8.4 cm (4 13/16 × 3 5/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1943.3.3611

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Meder, no. 239


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Abraham G. Gerson [died c. 1904], Vienna (Lugt 1156a); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA (Lugt 1760b and Lugt 1932d), 1929; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1971

  • Dürer in America: His Graphic Work, NGA, 1971, no. 120, repro.

1974

  • Europe in Torment: 1450-1550, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, 1974, no. 43, repro.

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: no. 239.

2001

  • Schoch, Rainer, Mattihas Mende, and Anna Scherbaum. Albrecht Dürer: Das druckgraphische Werk. Munich, 2001: vol. 2: no. 149.

Inscriptions

in block, top left: 1510; in block, lower right: AD [artist's monogram]; verso, lower left, in graphite by a later hand: 137 80/rare [?] [underlined]; verso, lower right, in graphite by a later hand: C.14360; verso, lower left, in graphite by a later hand: B 132; verso, lower left, in graphite by a later hand: A 637; verso, lower left, in graphite by a later hand: 855; verso, lower right, in graphite by a later hand: 23[8?]; verso, lower center, in graphite by a later hand: 26 [?]; verso, bottom left, in graphite by a later hand: a [?] 68884

Markings

verso, bottom left, in blue ink: BCU [?]

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q18339649


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