Lovers Surprised by Death

Hans Burgkmair  (German, Augsburg 1473–1531 Augsburg)

Artist:
Block cut by Jost de Negker (1480–1546)
Date:
1510
Medium:
Chiaroscuro woodcut in three blocks; third state of three
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 × 6 in. (22.8 × 15.2 cm)
Classification:
Prints
Credit Line:
Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1917
Accession Number:
17.50.39
  • Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

    Inscription: at lower left: H / BVRGKMAIR; at bottom center: JOST DE NEGKER ZU AUGSPURG

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bartsch VII.215.40; Dodgson II.85.46 iiib/iiib; Hollstein V.124.724 iiib/ iiib

  • References

    "The Print in the North: The Age of Albrecht Durer and Lucas van Leyden". LIV (Spring, 4), New York, 1997, p. 33.



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