Death as a Friend (Der Tod als Freund)

Alfred Rethelca. 1851

Details

Title: Death as a Friend (Der Tod als Freund)
Creator: Alfred Rethel
Date Created: ca. 1851
Signatures / Inscriptions: Signed in block, lower right: monogram “A.R.”; inscribed in block: “J. Jungtow sc.”; inscribed, lower right: “Erachienen bei Ed. Schulte (T. Buddeu’sche Buch=und Kunsthandl.)”; inscribed, lower left: “Serausgegeben aus der holschneidekunst von H. Kurkner in Dresden”
Object Type: Prints, works of art
Object Link: See this artwork on the Davison Art Center website
Object Credit Line: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University. Purchase funds, 1958
Materials & Techniques: Woodcut on cream wove paper
Keywords: death
Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
Dimensions: Image dimensions: 301 mm x 272 mm (11.85 in. x 10.71 in.).
Bibliography: Kurt Zoege von Manteuffel 25B
Associated People: Created by Alfred Rethel (German, 1816-1859)
Accession Number: 1958.51.5

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