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Death on the Barricades
1848
Alfred Rethel (Artist) German, 1816-1859 Academischen Atelier fur Holzschneiderkunst (Collaborator) Breitkopf and Hartel (Printer) German Georg Wigand (Publisher) German
Woodcut printed in black ink on wove paper
Image: 8 7/8 × 12 1/2 inches (22.5 × 31.8 cm) Sheet: 11 5/8 × 16 1/4 inches (29.5 × 41.3 cm)
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Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Heinrich W. Fietz in memory of Ian Wise
73.206
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Markings
Inscribed, on block, lower right: GABER SC. Inscribed, above image, upper center margin: Sechstes Blatt. Inscribed, below image, lower center margin: Der sie gebührt — es war der Tod! | Er hat gehalten was er bot. || Die ihm gefolgt, sie liegen bleich | Als Brüder alle, frei und gleich. — || Seht hin! Die Maske that er fort ; | als Sieger hoch zu Roffe dort, || Zieht, der Verwesung Hohn im Blick | Der Held der rothen Republik.
Provenance
Royal Ernst August Fideicommiss Library (Ernst August, Duke of Cumberland).Mr. and Mrs. Heinrich W. Fietz;
1973-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Alfred Rethel; Academischen Atelier fur Holzschneiderkunst, Death on the Barricades, 1848, woodcut printed in black ink on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Heinrich W. Fietz in memory of Ian Wise, 73.206.
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