# The Knight and Death, from The Dance of Death, in Wenceslaus Hollar's contemporaries

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

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## The work

- Date: 1651
- Medium: Etching in black on ivory wove paper
- Dimensions: Sheet, trimmed within platemark: 7.1 × 5.2 cm (2 13/16 × 2 1/16 in.)
- Type: Print
- Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1920.2251
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Wenceslaus Hollar](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/wenceslaus-hollar), Bohemian, 1607–1677

2 works in the collection.

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