print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1895,0122.814
- Description
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The Knight; in full armour at the left, pierced by Death's lance; first published with text in Les simulachres & historiees faces de la mort, avtant elegamment pourtraictes, que artificiellement imaginées ..., Lyon, M. and G. Trechsel (for Jean and François Frellon), 1538 (8°); this impression is part of the so called proofs, a set without text, probably published by M. Trechsel, Lyon, 1526. c. 1526
Woodcut
- Production date
- 1526 (c.)
- Dimensions
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Height: 64 millimetres (borderlines)
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Height: 70 millimetres (sheet)
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Width: 49 millimetres
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Width: 51 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Part of the Dance of Death series, consisting of 41 woodcuts, designed by Holbein in 1524/25 and cut by Lützelburger; for further comment see the first of the series, 1895,0122.796
See 1895,0122.809 for curatorial comment from Bartrum 1995
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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1995 Jun-Oct, BM, 'German Renaissance Prints, 1490-1550', no.232n
1996 Jun-Aug, Canterbury, Royal Mus and AG, German Renaissance Prints
1996 Nov-Dec, Edinburgh, NG of Scotland, German Renaissance Prints
1997 Jan-Mar, Cardiff, Nat Mus of Wales, German Renaissance Prints
1997 Apr-May, Llandudno, Oriel Mostyn Gallery, German Renaissance Prints
1997 Oct-Dec, Norwich, Sainsbury Centre, German Renaissance Prints
2000 May-Jul, Manchester, Whitworth AG, 'Endings: The Time of Our Lives'
- Acquisition date
- 1895
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1895,0122.814