, 2008. Fibreglass stone and airplane. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa. Purchased 2011. Photo © Roman März](/images/content/menuSeeGallery.png)
Benjamin West
The Death of General Wolfe (Detail), 1770
oil on canvas
152.6 x 214.5 cm
Transfer from the Canadian War Memorials, 1921 (Gift of the 2nd Duke of Westminster, England, 1918)
National Gallery of Canada (no. 8007)
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The Knight, Death, and the Devil, 1513
Albrecht Dürer
German, 1471
- 1528
engraving on laid paper, with japan paper borders
24.7 x 18.9 cm
Purchased 1921
National Gallery of Canada (no. 1836)
Popular belief and the mystical literature of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries gave widespread currency to the image of a Christian soldier resolutely undergoing the trials of mortal life, without any fear of the throes of death. Here, the knight in armour is followed by his dog, a symbol of faith. Riding at his side, Death holds an hourglass, while the Devil, lance in hand, watches his progress through the inhospitable landscape.
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