Advanced Search 
Knight, Death, and the Devil
Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528)
1513
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 24.3 x 18.9 cm (9 9/16 x 7 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Horatio Greenough Curtis in memory of her husband Horatio Greenough Curtis
Accession Number27.1353
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch (intaglio) 098; Meder 74b(?)
DescriptionKnight, Death, and the Devil is one of three Dürer engravings traditionally known as the master engravings (along with Melancholia I and St. Jerome in His Study, also on view). The rider is believed to be a representation of the virtuous, steadfast Christian knight whom Death and the Devil are unable to distract or waylay.
Marks
no visible watermark
ProvenanceHoratio Greenough Curtis; Mrs. Horatio Greenough Curtis; bequeathed by her, June or July 1927, received September 1940.