Print Maker:

Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471–1528  Search this

Medium:

Engraving on laid paper

Dimensions:

24.5 x 18.8 cm (9 5/8 x 7 3/8 in.)

Type:

figures

Print

Object Name:

Print

Made in:

Germany

Date:

1513

Catalogue Status:

Research in Progress

Description:

A knight in armor, and bearing arms, rides horseback, facing left, in profile. Death rides beside him, showing him an hourglass. A devil follows, his claws extended toward the knight. Rocky landscape in background. A dog and a lizard in foreground. At lower left, monogram of Dürer, and date of 1513 on tablet resting against a stone on which a skull is placed.

Credit Line:

Bequest of George Campbell Cooper

Accession Number:

1896-3-39

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection

Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department

Data Source:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq44cd5a5d9-e7bb-4b4e-a417-3fea74381883

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:chndm_1896-3-39