Der Rychman (The Rich Man)

c. 1526

Hans Lützelburger

Artist, German, active 1517-1526

Hans Holbein the Younger

Artist After, German, 1497/1498 - 1543

Hans Lützelburger after Hans Holbein the Younger

Attributed to

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 8.6 × 6.3 cm (3 3/8 × 2 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1948.11.128

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Passavant, no. 27

  • Series Title

    Dance of Death

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Dr. Erwin Rosenthal, Berkeley, CA); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA, 1947; gift to the NGA, 1948.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2023

  • Medieval Money, Merchants, and Morality, Morgan Library & Museum, New York, 2023-2024: Fig. 4.11, 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, 28.

2023

  • Wolfthal, Diane.Medieval Money, Merchants, and Morality. Exh. cat. The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, 2023-2024: 92-93, fig. 4.11.

Inscriptions

In letter press above image: Der Rychman

Markings

none

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q65072927

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