Young woman attacked by death (The Ravisher), ca. 1495

Title

Young woman attacked by death (The Ravisher)

Artist

• Albrecht Dürer

Period Produced

• 15th century

Object Type

• art print

Physical Description

Copperplate on ribbed laid paper

Material

• handmade paper
• Vergé paper

Technique

• copperplate engraving

Geographic Reference

• German

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Nicht bezeichnet

Captions Added Later

Verso bezeichnet (mit der Feder in Braun): B 10.
Verso Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356), mit zugehöriger Inventarnummer

Watermark

• Hohe Krone
• Hohe Krone

Work Catalogues

• Hollstein German VII.72.76
• TIB 1001.092
• Schoch/Mende/Scherbaum 1.27.1
• Meder 1932.101.76
• Bartsch VII.102.92

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Ancient Holdings. Acquired before 1825

Genre

• allegory

Main Motif

• force
• Death
• woman
• man
• couple

Persons Shown

• Death

Associated Persons and Institutions

• Martin Schongauer

Primary

• 31D13 adolescent, young woman, maiden
• 31F24 Death as old man
• 31A2352 sitting on an elevation

Secondary

• 46B53 bank
• 25G3 trees
• 48A9851 ribbon, scroll, banderole ~ ornament
• 33A711 unequal partners