The Astrologer, by Holbein the Younger (1524, c.)

The Astrologer, by Holbein the Younger (1524, c.)

"An astronomer is studying at a table with a book open to him. He looks up and points to an armillarium (astronomical instrument) hanging above the table. Next to him is Death with a skull in his skeleton hands. The top margin with the Latin indication of the Bible text is missing here." (Translated description from Rijksmuseum, Netherlands,
https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/search/objects?p=5&ps=12&involvedMaker=Hans%20L%C3%BCtzelburger&st=Objects&ii=0#/RP-P-OB-4509N(R),48,
http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.31716)

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

Woodcut from the series The Dance of Death.

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands.
https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/search/objects?p=5&ps=12&involvedMaker=Hans%20L%C3%BCtzelburger&st=Objects&ii=0#/RP-P-OB-4509N(R),48

http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.31716

Object Number: RP-P-OB-4509N(R)

Found in The Public Domain Review webpage, image 27.
https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/hans-holbeins-dance-of-death-1523-5

Archived in:
https://web.archive.org/web/20200619041449/https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/hans-holbeins-dance-of-death-1523-5/

Wikimedia Commons:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Holbein_Danse_Macabre_27.jpg

Archived in:
https://web.archive.org/web/20200604064708/https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Holbein_Danse_Macabre_27.jpg

Dances of Death webpage:
http://www.dodedans.com/Eholbein27.htm

Archived in:
https://web.archive.org/web/20191220124447/http://www.dodedans.com/Eholbein27.htm

1524, c.

Woodcut.
Dimensions: 6.5 × 5 cm