1526
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Der Kuniginn (The Queen) is a 1526 ink by Hans Lützelburger, a Renaissance work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This woodcut shows a chaotic scene with a woman in fancy clothes holding a child, surrounded by other figures. One man is pulling her arm while another, with a skull-like face, leans in from the right. The background has a castle-like building and bare trees, with a dark, stormy sky above. The title *Der Kuniginn* (The Queen) hints this might be a story about power or fate. The skull-faced figure could symbolize death or danger, a common trick in old art to show hidden meanings. Want to see more like this? Try looking up woodcut.
Hans Lützelburger (died June 1526), also known as Hans Franck, was a German blockcutter ("formschneider") for woodcuts, regarded as one of the finest of his day.
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