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Allaert Claesz

Dance of Death I, 1562

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series Title

Dance of Death

Medium

engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

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

Credit Line

Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

Catalogue Raisonné

Hollstein no. 167

Accession Number

2002.157.8

Artists / Makers

Allaert Claesz (artist) Netherlandish, active 1520/1555

Image Use

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Inscription

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

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Goldschmidt, Inc., Lucien
Kainen, Jacob, Mrs.

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

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