The Lovers Surprised by Death
Hans Burgkmair I
1510
Medium
chiaroscuro woodcut printed from 3 blocks: black line block and 2 tone blocks in shades of red on laid paper
Dimensions
sheet: 21.3 x 15.2 cm (8 3/8 x 6 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1948.11.15
About the Artist
Hans Burgkmair I
Hans Burgkmair I (1473–1531) was one of the most accomplished and versatile German artists of the Renaissance, a master of painting, woodcut design, and manuscript illumination who worked primarily in Augsburg and played a central role in bringing Italian Renaissance ideas north of the Alps. The son of the painter Thomas Burgkmair, he received his earliest training in his father's workshop before ...