Die Blutrache (The Blood Vengeance), from Die Siebenhardenbeliebung series
Hans Grohs (German, 1892–1981)
Details
Title
Die Blutrache (The Blood Vengeance), from Die Siebenhardenbeliebung series
Artist/Maker
Hans Grohs (German, 1892–1981)
Date
1922
Medium
Woodcut print
Dimensions
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Credit
Gift of Nelson Brackin
Accession #
2005.332.4
Location
Currently not on view
Blood Vengeance The Siebenhardenbeliebung confirmed blood vengeance as a legal right that could be bequeathed and inherited. This included the right to blood money, i.e., compensation the perpetrator of a crime paid to the victim in the case of injury or to the victim’s kindred in the case of homicide.
Image Copyright
© Frauken Grohs Collinson-Grohs Collection Trust/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
