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The Lady and Death (Die Dame und der Tod)
Artist: Hans Sebald Beham (German, 1500-1550)
Date: 1541
Dimensions:
H. 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm); W. 2 1/8 in. (5.3 cm)
Medium: Engraving
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: William J. Hitchcock Fund in memory of Grace J. Hitchcock
Object number: 1986.57
Label Text:The composition is perhaps based on an earlier print by Albrecht Dürer called The Promenade. In The Promenade a young woman is seen in profile accompanied by a dashing young man, while Death lurks behind a tree. In Beham’s print, Death appears to be looking past the young woman and directly at the viewer. Perhaps Beham is reminding us of our own mortality.
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