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Der Tod als Erwürger [Death as Strangler]
185119th century
33.5 cm x 27.4 cm (13 3/16 in. x 10 13/16 in.)
Gustav Richard Steinbrecher (1828 - 1887) Woodcarver
Alfred Rethel (Diepenbend (Aachen), 1816 - 1859, Düsseldorf) Primary
Object Type:
print
Artist Nationality:
Europe, German
Medium and Support:
Wood engraving (by Gustav Richard Steinbrecher)
Credit Line:
Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Isidore Simkowitz in memory of Amy Cecelia Simkowitz-Rogers, 1995
Accession Number:
1995.190
Death as an Enemy is inspired by a story of the first appearance of cholera in France written by the German poet Heinrich Heine. In the image, his dancing slippers appear from beneath Death’s monk’s robe as he dances to the fiddle music that he plays. In his wake lie the bodies of the costumed revelers, who were met unprepared for death.
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