The Symphony No. 1 in D major by Gustav Mahler was mainly composed between late 1887 and March 1888, though it incorporates music Mahler had composed for previous works. It was composed while Mahler w
Mahler at the time of his First Symphony
The Hunter's Funeral. This woodcut by Moritz von Schwind (1850) was possibly the inspiration for this 3rd movement of Mahler's Symphony No. 1.
Jacques Callot was a baroque printmaker and draftsman from the Duchy of Lorraine. He is an important person in the development of the old master print. He made more than 1,400 etchings that chronicled
Symphony No. 1 (Mahler)
…Part II: Commedia umana (Human Comedy) Stranded. A funeral march in the manner of Callot. Dall'inferno al Paradiso (From Hell to Heaven), as the sudden expression of a deeply wounded heart…
Jacques Callot, Lucas Vorsterman the Elder after Anthony van Dyck
The Large Hunt, a famous technical showpiece
Massacre of the Innocents, showing the use of multiple stoppings-out to create the fainter lines of the distant view. 13.7 x 10.5 cm
One of Les Grandes Misères de la guerre