Knight, Death and the Devil

E240370
engraving print

"Knight, Death and the Devil" is a renowned 1513 engraving by German Renaissance artist Albrecht Dürer depicting an armored knight steadfastly riding through a grim allegorical landscape accompanied by personifications of death and the devil.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Knight, Death and the Devil canonical 2
Ritter, Tod und Teufel 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf engraving ⓘ
print ⓘ
allegoricalTheme memento mori ⓘ
moral fortitude ⓘ
steadfast Christian faith ⓘ
temptation ⓘ
artForm printmaking ⓘ
artist Albrecht Dürer ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
creator Albrecht Dürer ⓘ
depicts Death ⓘ
the Devil ⓘ
surface form: Devil

armored knight ⓘ
castle in the background ⓘ
dog ⓘ
forest landscape ⓘ
horse ⓘ
hourglass ⓘ
lance ⓘ
skull ⓘ
genre allegorical art ⓘ
religious art ⓘ
hasPart Albrecht Dürer ⓘ
surface form: Dürer monogram AD

inscription with date 1513 ⓘ
height approximately 18.8 cm ⓘ
iconography Death holding hourglass ⓘ
armed rider as miles christianus ⓘ
goat-headed devil figure ⓘ
inception 1513 ⓘ
influencedBy Christian humanism ⓘ
late medieval chivalric ideals ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName German ⓘ
location various museum collections ⓘ
mainSubject Christian knight ⓘ
personification of death ⓘ
personification of the devil ⓘ
movement German Renaissance ⓘ
notableWorkOf Albrecht Dürer ⓘ
originalTitle Knight, Death and the Devil self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Ritter, Tod und Teufel
partOfSeries Dürer’s Meisterstiche ⓘ
surface form: Dürer’s master engravings

Meisterstiche ⓘ
period Northern Renaissance ⓘ
printingTechnique intaglio ⓘ
subjectHeading Christian knight ignoring death and the devil ⓘ
technique engraving on copper ⓘ
title Knight, Death and the Devil self-link ⓘ
width approximately 24.5 cm ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Albrecht Dürer → notableWork → Knight, Death and the Devil ⓘ
Knight, Death and the Devil → title → Knight, Death and the Devil self-link ⓘ
Knight, Death and the Devil → originalTitle → Knight, Death and the Devil self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ritter, Tod und Teufel