Der Ritter (The Knight) plaquette, Hans Holbein the younger

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Hans Holbein the younger, Der Ritter (The Knight) plaquette
Hans Holbein the younger, Der Ritter (The Knight) plaquette
Hans Holbein the younger
Der Ritter (The Knight) plaquette
1600s
Hans Holbein the younger, artist
1497–1543
Der Ritter (The Knight) plaquette, 1600s
Where object was made: Germany
Material/technique: silver
Dimensions:
Object Height/Width/Depth (Height x Width x Depth): 7.6 x 5.1 cm
Object Height/Width/Depth (Height x Width x Depth): 3 0.99213 x 2 1/2 in
Credit line: Gift of the Mark L. Morris Jr. Family
Accession number: 1994.0014
Not on display
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Exhibition Label: "Corpus," Apr-2012, Denise Giannino Der Ritter (The Knight) is a small silver plaquette that takes its design from Hans Holbein’s Dance of Death series, first published in woodcut in 1538. The Dance of Death typically represents Death leading all ranks and conditions of mankind to the grave and popularly appeared in various media well into the 17th century.