Title
The Abbot, by Holbein the Younger (1524, c.)
Description
"An abbot is pulled by his robe. Death is mockingly depicted as a bishop with a miter and staff. In the margin above the print is the text Prover. V." (Translated description from Rijksmuseum, Netherlands,
https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/search/objects?p=1&ps=12&involvedMaker=Hans%20L%C3%BCtzelburger&st=Objects&ii=10#/RP-P-OB-4509G(V),10,
http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.31703)
https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/search/objects?p=1&ps=12&involvedMaker=Hans%20L%C3%BCtzelburger&st=Objects&ii=10#/RP-P-OB-4509G(V),10,
http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.31703)
Creator
Holbein the Younger, Hans (c. 1497-1543)
Source
Woodcut from the series The Dance of Death.
Rijksmuseum, Netherlands.
https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/search/objects?p=1&ps=12&involvedMaker=Hans%20L%C3%BCtzelburger&st=Objects&ii=10#/RP-P-OB-4509G(V),10
http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.31703
Object Number: RP-P-OB-4509G(V)
Found in The Public Domain Review webpage, image 14.
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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Abbot,_from_The_Dance_of_Death,_by_Hans_Holbein_the_Younger.jpg
Archived in:
https://web.archive.org/web/20170110054114/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Abbot,_from_The_Dance_of_Death,_by_Hans_Holbein_the_Younger.jpg
Dances of Death webpage:
http://www.dodedans.com/Eholbein14.htm
Archived in:
https://web.archive.org/web/20191221101920/http://www.dodedans.com/Eholbein14.htm
Rijksmuseum, Netherlands.
https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/search/objects?p=1&ps=12&involvedMaker=Hans%20L%C3%BCtzelburger&st=Objects&ii=10#/RP-P-OB-4509G(V),10
http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.31703
Object Number: RP-P-OB-4509G(V)
Found in The Public Domain Review webpage, image 14.
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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Abbot,_from_The_Dance_of_Death,_by_Hans_Holbein_the_Younger.jpg
Archived in:
https://web.archive.org/web/20170110054114/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Abbot,_from_The_Dance_of_Death,_by_Hans_Holbein_the_Younger.jpg
Dances of Death webpage:
http://www.dodedans.com/Eholbein14.htm
Archived in:
https://web.archive.org/web/20191221101920/http://www.dodedans.com/Eholbein14.htm
Date
1524, c.
Format
Woodcut.
Dimensions: 6.5 × 5 cm
Dimensions: 6.5 × 5 cm
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