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Death Hoisting the Flag on the Barricades
1848
Alfred Rethel (Artist) German, 1816-1859 Academischen Atelier fur Holzschneiderkunst (Collaborator) Breitkopf and Hartel (Printer) German Georg Wigand (Publisher) German
Woodcut printed in black ink on wove paper
Image (excluding letters): 8 3/4 × 12 5/8 inches (22.2 × 32.1 cm) Sheet: 11 3/4 × 16 1/8 inches (29.8 × 41 cm)
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Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Heinrich W. Fietz in memory of Ian Wise
73.205
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Inscribed, above image, upper center margin: Funftes Blatt. Inscribed, below image, lower center margin: "Zur Barrikade!" "Pflaster auf!!" — — | Da steht der Bau — und oben drauf | Er, den zum führer sie ernannt, | Die blut'ge Fahn' in sester Hand! — | Kartätschen pfeifen, hei! das kracht, | Sie stürzen rings, Er aber lacht: || Ießt löf ich mein Versprechen Euch: | Iht Alle sollt Mir werden gleich!" | Er hebt sein Wams und wie sie's schaun | Da fakt ihr Herz eineifig Grau'n. | Iht Blut strömt, wi die Fahne, roth, | Der sie gesührt — es war der Tod!
Provenance
Royal Ernst August Fideicommiss Library (Ernst August, Duke of Cumberland). Mr. and Mrs. Heinrich W. Fietz
1973-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Alfred Rethel; Academischen Atelier fur Holzschneiderkunst, Death Hoisting the Flag on the Barricades, 1848, woodcut printed in black ink on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Heinrich W. Fietz in memory of Ian Wise, 73.205.
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