Der Tod als Erwürger (Death as an Enemy)

Maker
Rethel, Alfred
 Production date
Circa 1851
 Current rights
Public Domain
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About this object
Wood engraved print on paper featuring Death playing bones in the position of a violin. He walks among bodies of the dead lying on the floor. Figures in the background are trying to escape from the room.
Maker
Production date
Circa 1851
Production place
Germany
Production period
1850s/19th Century
Production technique
Printed
Wood engraving/Relief/Printed
Media/Materials description
Ink on paper
Media/Materials
Paper/Paper Products/Man-made Materials
Ink/Man-made Materials
Measurements
Height x Width: 510 x 805mm
Signature/Inscription
Herausgegeben aus der Akademie der Holzschneidekunst von H. Bürkner in Dresden, Inscription, Printed
Erschienen bei Ed. Schulte (J.Buddeus'sche Buch- und Kunsthandl. in Düsseldorf., Inscription, Printed
Druck von Breitkopf und Härtel in Leipzig'., Inscription, Printed
Der Tod als Erwürger / Erster Auftritt der Cholera auf einem Maskenball in Paris 1831, Inscription, Printed
Classification terms
Print
Art
Communication Artifacts
Current rights
Public Domain
Credit line
gifted by Miss Margaret Retemeyer
Other number(s)
81/142, 0/94/1, 45687
Accession number
81/142

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