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Death and The Lansquenet: P.3761-R

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Death and The Lansquenet

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Dürer, Albrecht

Entities

Categories

Legal notes

Bequeathed by the Rev. R. E. Kerrich 1872 (received 1873)

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1873) by Kerrich, Richard Edward

Dating

Production date: circa AD 1510 : 2nd edition

School or Style

German

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of laid paper
Image Height 122 mm Width 85 mm
Image With Text Height 386 mm Width 143 mm

Techniques used in production

Woodcut

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: AD
  • Location: Lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Monogram
  • Text: 1510
  • Location: Image upper left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Date

Inscription present: Poem of 38 Couplets

  • Location: Above and below image
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription

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Identification numbers

Accession number: P.3761-R
Primary reference Number: 104270
Bartsch: 132
Illustrated Bartsch: 132 (145)
Illustrated Bartsch Commentary: .332
Meder: 239 2-a
Hollstein (German): 239b
Schoch/Mende/Scherbaum: 149
Old location number: 36.2.42

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 10 February 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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