Object Details
Print Maker
Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471–1528
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
Date
1513
Accession Number
1896-3-39
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
figures
Object Name
Print
Type
Print
Medium
Engraving on laid paper
Dimensions
24.5 x 18.8 cm (9 5/8 x 7 3/8 in.)
made in
Germany
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Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_1896-3-39