Image

Albrecht Dürer

Death and the Soldier

Description

Maker

Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471-1528), printmaker

Title

Death and the Soldier

Year

1510

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

woodcut

Supports

Dimensions

12.1 x 8.4 cm (4 3/4 x 3 5/16 inches) (plate)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Lettered within image UL: "1510"; and LR: "AD"

Verso: collector's mark of Richard Fisher, Midhurst, UK (1809-1890; Lugt 2204)

Watermark: Urn with a star (Meder watermark no. 168), ca. 1540.

Identification

Standard Reference Number

Meder 239

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Henry D. Sharpe

Object Number

48.122

Type

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Woodcuts of the 15th and 16th Centuries
Oct 02, 1948 – Nov 10, 1948

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Tombstone

Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471-1528), printmaker
Death and the Soldier, 1510
woodcut
12.1 x 8.4 cm (4 3/4 x 3 5/16 inches) (plate)
Gift of Henry D. Sharpe 48.122

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