About the Artwork
Death Meeting Allegorical Figures
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 (excluding letters): 8 7/8 × 12 5/8 inches (22.5 × 32.1 cm) Sheet: 11 3/4 × 16 1/4 inches (29.8 × 41.3 cm)
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Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Heinrich W. Fietz in memory of Ian Wise
73.201
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Inscribed, above image, center upper margin: Erstes Blatt. Inscribed, below image, lower margin: "Freiheit, Gleichheit und Bruderfinn! | Du alte Zeit, fahr hin! fahr hin!" — | Solch Schrei durchzieht der Völker Rund', | Da thut fich auf der Erde Grund; | Es steigt herauf ein Sensenmann, || Der merkt: ein Erntetag bricht an. | Und wie er fteigt an's Licht hervor | Drängt fich um ihn ein Weiber-Chor, | Sein Rüstzeng bringen die heran | Dak er fein Werk beginnen kann. || Gerechtigkeit gebunden ift, | Das Schwerdt stahl ihr di schlaue List, | Die Lüge nahm di Waag' ihr fort | Sie bieten's dem Gefellen dort. | Den Hut reicht ihm die Eitelkeit || Die Tollheit hält ihr Rok bereit, | Die Blutgier bringt die Sense her, | Das ist des Schnitters beste Wehr! — — | Ihr Menschen, ja! nun kommt der Mann | Der frei und gleich Euch machen kann!
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 Meeting Allegorical Figures, 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, 73.201.
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