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Auch ein Todtentanz [Yet another Dance of Death]: P.14784-R.f5r

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Auch ein Todtentanz [Yet another Dance of Death]

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Publisher: Schlicke, Bernhard; Elischer, Balthasar
Draughtsman: Rethel, Alfred (After)

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Description

Zweites Blatt' [Plate Two], printed at upper centre. Wood-engraving with a darker yellow tint. Death rides towards the town on the horse of Madness, carrying a scythe across his shoulder from which the scales of Justice dangle. His old-fashioned coat is references to the period of the French Revolution. A startled crow flies away in the right foreground and two frightened farmworkers recognise Death and flee at centre right. Four shorter verses by Reinick are set out below the image. The third verse describes how the cock's feather in the hat worn by Death 'glows in the sun, red as blood' ['Glüht in der Sonne roth wie Blut'].

Legal notes

Given by Mr Philip J. Worsley, 1914-14

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1914-12) by Worsley, Philip J.

Dating

19th Century
Production date: AD 1879

Note

Height 300mm x width 412mm

School or Style

German

Techniques used in production

Wood engraving

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14784-R.f5r
Primary reference Number: 225375
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Audit data

Created: Wednesday 5 September 2018 Updated: Thursday 6 January 2022 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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