# The Knight and Death, from The Dance of Death

**Wenceslaus Hollar** (Bohemian, 1607–1677)  
1651  
Etching in black on ivory wove paper  
Sheet, trimmed within platemark: 7.1 × 5.2 cm (2 13/16 × 2 1/16 in.)

Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1920.2251. [The museum's record](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/109001).

## About this work

Wenceslaus Hollar made this in 1651, aged 44. It is now at the Art Institute of Chicago.

### What you’re looking at

A work made of etching in black on ivory wove paper.

_Description from the Art Institute of Chicago._

### How it was made

- **Etching.** The artist draws with a needle through a waxy coating on a copper plate, and acid bites the exposed lines. The plate is then inked, wiped and printed under pressure, so the line keeps the freedom of drawing.

### [Wenceslaus Hollar](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/wenceslaus-hollar)

Bohemian, 1607–1677

## Facts

- Type: Print
- Culture: Bohemia
- The artist was 44
- Real size: about 3 × 2 in (7 × 5 cm). The original is small: even the 8 × 10 in print shows it larger than life.
- Century: 17th century
- Colour: grey
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

- Free download, full resolution: https://img.ochreeditions.com/m/268.jpg?dl=1
- Image: https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/268/1920.jpg
- Giclée reproduction on Hahnemühle Photo Rag: 8 × 10 in $28; 11 × 14 in $38
- Framed reproduction: 8 × 10 in $78; 11 × 14 in $98
- Canvas reproduction: 8 × 10 in $58
- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2

Sizes stop where the museum's file would print below 150 pixels per inch. Everything sold is a reproduction, made to order. [Order a print](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-knight-and-death-from-the-dance-of-death-aic-109001).