Coat of Arms with a Skull (Q18338441)
Label from: English (en)
movement:
German Renaissance (Q2455000)
genre:
achievement (Q2532754)
artist:
Albrecht Dürer (Q5580)
collection:
National Gallery of Art (Q214867)
Prints in the National Gallery of Art (Q64946756)
Rosenwald Collection (Q62274660)
Cleveland Museum of Art (Q657415)
location:
National Gallery of Art (Q214867)
Cleveland Museum of Art (Q657415)
fabrication method:
copper engraving technique (Q4287629)
depicts:
human skull (Q9604)
couple (Q219160)
bird's wing (Q15719234)
walking stick (Q1347864)
combat helmet (Q3579211)
instance of:
copper engraving print (Q18887969)
print (Q11060274)
National Gallery of Art artwork ID:
6607
catalog URL: https://clevelandart.org/art/1953.9
information from the National Gallery of Art catalog
description: In this visual allegory, Dürer creatively entangled themes of love and death. The hairy wild man, a traditional medieval figure of virility, lust, and aggression, plays the role of lover to a maiden dressed in alluring clothing. The skull on the fanciful coat of arms is a bold reminder that vanity and illicit desire carry a mortal price.
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