Title
The Arms of Death, by Holbein the Younger (1540, c.)
Description
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.
Creator
Holbein the Younger, Hans (c. 1497-1543)
Source
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, US.
https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.7760.html
Archived in:
https://web.archive.org/web/20190822175831/https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.7760.html
Accession Number: 1943.3.4838
https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.7760.html
Archived in:
https://web.archive.org/web/20190822175831/https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.7760.html
Accession Number: 1943.3.4838
Date
1540, c.
Format
Woodcut.
Dimensions: Unknown
Dimensions: Unknown
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