Open daily. Always free.
Death the Strangler (Der Tod als Erwürger)

Death the Strangler (Der Tod als Erwürger)

On View

Not currently on view

Alfred Rethel

Woodcut is the oldest printmaking medium. Here Rethel uses it for a design that is reminiscent of the 15th century dance of death, though perhaps with a nod to Edgar Allen Poe’s The Masque of the Red Death (published in 1842), in which death invades a masquerade ball.
Artist
Alfred Rethel
(German, 1816 - 1859)
Title
Death the Strangler (Der Tod als Erwürger)
Date
1851
Medium
Woodcut
Dimensions
12 1/8 x 10 3/4 in. Image
Credit
Earl O. Vits Endowment Fund purchase
Accession No.
1990.21
Classification
Prints
Geography
Germany

Related

  • Elvehjem Museum of Art. "Bulletin/Annual Report 1989-1991." Madison: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1991. p. 116

  • Nineteenth-Century European Prints: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 3/13/2004–5/30/2004
  • Some Additions to the Permanent Collection: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 4/17/1993–7/18/1993

The Chazen Museum of Art welcomes comments or inquiries about works in our collection. Please allow two–three weeks for a response. Chazen staff is not able to provide valuations or authentications and such inquiries cannot be answered.

"*" indicates required fields

Name*
This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.