[Victorian Web Home —> Visual Arts —> Early Netherlandish Art —> Albrecht Dürer]


The Knight, Death, and the Devil

Albrecht Dürer

1513

Engraving

24.5 cm × 19.1 cm (9.6 in × 7.5 inches)

Source: I believe I scanned this image from the Works of John Ruskin many years ago. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, has an impression

Details

  • Grotesque devil with halberd
  • Skull with Dürer's monogram
  • The knight, death, and hour-glass
  • [Click on image to enlarge it.]

    Image scan and formatting by George P. Landow

    You may use this image without prior permission for any scholarly or educational purpose as long as you (1) credit the person wh9o scanned the image and (2) link your document to this URL in a web document or cite the Victorian Web in a print one.

    Bibliography

    Panofsky, Erwin. The Life and Art of Albrecht Dürer. 4th ed. Princeton: Princeton UP, 1955.

    Ruskin, John. Works. Ed. E. T. Cook and Alexander Wedderburn. The Library Edition. 39 vols. London: George Allen, 1903-12.



    Victorian
    Web

    Visual
    Arts

    Etching &
    Engraving

    Albrecht
    Dürer

    Next

    Last modified 22 January 2013