The Arms of Death, by Holbein the Younger (1540, c.)

The Arms of Death, by Holbein the Younger (1540, c.)

This image represents a couple, a man and a woman. In the middle of the couple, there is an hourglass on top of a coat of arms. The death coat of arms has metal parts. The skeleton arms holding the hourglass look like a modern monster or automate, capable of movement and action.

Holbein the Younger, Hans (c. 1497-1543)

1540, c.

Woodcut.
Dimensions: Unknown