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Death to the Painter [Der Tod zum Maler]

Maker

(artist)
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

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

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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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