About the Artwork
Death Weighing the Crown and the Pipe
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 3/4 × 12 5/8 inches (22.2 × 32.1 cm) Sheet: 11 1/2 × 16 1/8 inches (29.2 × 41 cm)
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Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Heinrich W. Fietz in memory of Ian Wise
73.203
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Signed, on block, bottom right: SCHMIDT. SC.
Inscribed, above image, upper center margin: Drittes Blatt. Inscribed, below image, lower center margin: Er ist am Ziel. — Sieh, cleich am Thor | Die Schenk' und mancher Gast davor; | Beim Brandwein srescher Lieder klang | Und wüst Gelächter, Spiel und zank! — || Er tritt heran mit schlaurem Blick | Und ruft: "Aufs Wohl der Republik! — | "Was gilt noch eine krone viel? | "Nicht mehr als wie ein Pfeifenstiel. || "Zum Spak will ich's beweifen Euch, | "Gebt Acht!" — Er holt die Waage gleich | Hält sie am Zünglein statt am Ring. | Sie merken's nicht, sie freut das Ding, | Sie schrein: "Das ist der rechte Mann! | Dem folgen wir, der führ' uns an!" — — | Du blindes Weib, was schleichst du fort? | Siehst mehr du, als die Andern dort? — —
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 Weighing the Crown and the Pipe, 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, 73.203.
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