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 image): 24.8 x 19 cm (9 3/4 x 7 1/2 in.)
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Accession
1941.1.20
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Catalogue Raisonné
Meder, no. 74, State a
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Yorck von Wartenburg [1805-1865], Klein Öls, Silesia (Lugt 2669); W.G. Russell Allen [1882-1955]; gift to NGA, 1941.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1971
Dürer in America: His Graphic Work, NGA, 1971, no. 58, repro.
1987
Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., November 1987.
1991
Circa 1492: Art in the Age of Exploration, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1991-1992, no. 196, repro.
1997
Six Centuries/Six Artists, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1997.
2000
The Fantastic in Renaissance Prints and Drawings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2000.
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. 74, a.
1997
Richler, Martha. National Gallery of Art, Washington: A World of Art. London, 1997: 57, color fig. 18.
2001
Schoch, Rainer, Mattihas Mende, and Anna Scherbaum. Albrecht Dürer: Das druckgraphische Werk. Munich, 2001, vol 1: no. 69.
2013
Parshall, Peter. "Graphic Knowledge: Albrecht Dürer and the Imagination." Art Bulletin 95, no. 3 (September 2013): 393, 394, 395, 404-405, 406, fig. 1, 2
Inscriptions
in plate, bottom left on tablet: S 1513 / AD [artist's monogram]; verso, lower left, in graphite by a later hand: [illegible] Brooks [?] Coll [?]; verso, bottom left, in graphite by a later hand: B-20 [upside down]
Watermarks
none visible
Wikidata ID
Q1755464