About this artwork
The foreboding, corpselike figure of Death with an hourglass appears in many Northern Renaissance prints; in this engraving, he peeks out from behind a tree, holding his hourglass aloft. Each image is a reminder that death strikes the young, the Christian, and the chivalric alike; no one outlasts or avoids death. There is an evident connection between death and sensuality in this image, underlined by the suggestively positioned and sized sword.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Prints and Drawings
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Artist
- Albrecht Dürer
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Title
- Young Couple Threatened by Death (The Promenade)
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Place
- Germany (Artist's nationality:)
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Date
- Made 1498
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Medium
- Engraving in black on ivory laid paper
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Dimensions
- Image/sheet: 19.6 × 12 cm (7 3/4 × 4 3/4 in.)
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Credit Line
- Bequest of Mrs. Potter Palmer, Jr.
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Reference Number
- 1956.933
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IIIF Manifest
- https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/4056/manifest.json
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