The Lovers Surprised by Death
1510
- Medium
- chiaroscuro woodcut
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-207791
This is the earliest known chiaroscuro woodcut to be composed of a line block and two tone blocks rather than just one tone block. However, unlike the majority of German chiaroscuro woodcuts, the line block alone does not provide a coherent image. All three of the blocks must be printed for the design to be complete. The subject is a remarkably effective combination of a typically Northern subject—a grim representation of Death—and an evocative Italian setting. The classical architecture, the gondola on a canal, and the distinctively wide chimney pots indicate Venice, where Burgkmair would ha…
Provenance
Severance Fund, 1952.533
Registry history
- 1510 — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art — prints
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