id:			118594
accession number:	1939.620
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1939.620
updated:		2024-03-26 01:57:38.012000

Dance of Death:  Death the Strangler, 1850. Alfred Rethel (German, 1816–1859). Woodcut; image: 30.7 x 27.4 cm (12 1/16 x 10 13/16 in.); sheet: 50.3 x 36.5 cm (19 13/16 x 14 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Robert Hays Gries 1939.620

title:				Dance of Death:  Death the Strangler
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creation date:			1850
creation date earliest:		1850
creation date latest:		1850
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creditline:			Gift of Robert Hays Gries
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culture:	Germany, 19th century
technique:	woodcut
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Woodcut
type:		Print
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catalogue raisonne: Beraldi XI.190

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CREATORS

* Alfred Rethel (German, 1816–1859)  - artist

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measurements: Image: 30.7 x 27.4 cm (12 1/16 x 10 13/16 in.); Sheet: 50.3 x 36.5 cm (19 13/16 x 14 3/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Eastward from the Rhine: Romanticism to Abstraction, 1800-1925
	opening date:   1984-06-12T04:00:00
	<i>Eastward from the Rhine: Romanticism to Abstraction, 1800-1925</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 12-September 9, 1984).

	title:		Against the Grain: Woodcuts from the Collection
	opening date:   2003-08-17T00:00:00
	<i>Against the Grain: Woodcuts from the Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 17-November 9, 2003).

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web:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1939.620/1939.620_web.jpg
print:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1939.620/1939.620_print.jpg
full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1939.620/1939.620_full.tif