Death and the Lansquenet

1510

Albrecht Dürer

Associated Names
Albrecht Dürer

Artist, German, 1471 - 1528

The image shows two figures standing and facing each other. The figure on the left is a skeletal figure, dressed in a tattered garment and holding an hourglass. The figure on the right has a realistic appearance with curly hair, wearing an intricately designed costume and holding a staff. They are standing indoors on a wood-textured floor with scattered bones, with a simple architectural structure in the background. Above the figures, there is stylized script along with the year 1510 printed below it.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 12.2 × 8.5 cm (4 13/16 × 3 3/8 in.)
    text block: 1 5/8 × 9 13/16 in. (4.06 × 24.89 cm)
    mount: 18.7 × 12 cm (7 3/8 × 4 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.3612

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Meder, no. 239


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Wilhelm Eduard Drugulin [1825-1879], Leipzig (Lugt 2612); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA (Lugt 1760b and Lugt 1932d), 1929; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

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, upper portion: Keyn ding hilfft fur den zeytling Todt / Darumb dienet got frrwe und spot; recto, bottom left, in graphite by a later hand: B.132; recto, bottom right, in graphite by a later hand: H.137 1901; verso, top left, in red colored pencil by a later hand: 330; verso, upper center, in graphite by a later hand: 97 a [underlined]; Bartsch 132; verso, lower center, in graphite by a later hand: B.132 / [D?] 98; verso, lower center, in graphite by a later hand: I; verso, lower left, in graphite by a later hand: C. 18623 [underlined]; verso, lower right, in graphite by a later hand: 56

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q18339649

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