User:Lithoderm/The Knight, Death, and the Devil

The Knight, Death, and the Devil (German: Ritter, Tod, und Teufel ) is a copper engraving  from 1513 and one of the three master prints of Albrecht Dürer.

Notes to self

 * At least three theories of what the "s" before the date means:
 * Sanguine, as opposed to Melancholia
 * An alternate form of AD- year of grace
 * sculpet, as in "I made this"
 * Sparnecker/Sickingen- see here:


 * Has been interpreted along two lines ever since its inception:
 * The knight is in league with the devil; Franz von Sickingen (Sparnecker?)
 * The Christian knight, per Erasmus; this is the more influential view...


 * Legacy: the Nazis
 * Is the painting of Adolf Hitler as the flag bearer PD?


 * Upload the version from the Met
 * Find a source that discusses the armor in detail: the helm he wears is a visored sallet