Death to the Painter [Der Tod zum Maler]
Maker
(artist)
1799-1850
After
(artist)
died 1775
(lithographer)
(publisher)
1799-1850
After
(artist)
died 1775
(lithographer)
(publisher)
Title
Death to the Painter [Der Tod zum Maler]
Date of Production
1840
Medium
Hand-coloured lithograph
Dimensions
Height: 28.8 cm
Width: 22.2 cm
Width: 22.2 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.7096.38
Mode of Acquisition
Witt Library, transfer, 1990
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
Information not yet known or updated
Inscriptions
Inscription: Recto: upper margin, printed: No. 38.; upper centre, printed: Der Tod zum Maler: / Hieronymus Heß lass s' Malen steh'n, / Der Weg ist dunkel, den wir geh'n, / Ob auch dein Herz im Tode bricht, / Dir winkt der ewigen Heimath Licht.; lower margin, printed: Antwort des Malers: / Freund! tritt hervor, du schreckst mich nicht, / Mich freut dein blasses Angesicht; / Nach manchen bittern Erdeuschmerz, / Führt deine Hand mich himmelwärts. / Hasler & Cie., éditeurs lithogr. à Basle.; lower left, printed: HHess pinx.; lower right, printed: G.Danzer lith.
Verso: stamped in blue: M
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