Caption

Death and the Bishop, from the series The Power of Death; Heinrich Aldegrever ca. 1502–1555, auth. 1561, German Renaissance graphic print, 1541 1st edition. Depicts Death personification and skeletons confronting a bishop; vanitas allegory with hourglass, sheep and shepherds in a landscape. Height 7.7 cm, width 5 cm., A detailed monochrome line drawing on a pale, slightly textured background shows a robed figure wearing an ornate tall hat and holding a long staff, standing next to a skeletal figure that raises an hourglass-like object in one bony hand while gripping the robed figure with the other; a group of sheep grazes at their feet and a shepherd with a staff stands near a gnarled tree on the left, with a distant shoreline and small buildings faintly visible on the right.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A33_094

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Rights managed

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70.9Mb (6.5Mb) / 13.8in x 20.0in / 4129 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Death Bishop series Power Heinrich Aldegrever ca 1502–1555 auth 1561 German Renaissance graphic print 1541 1st edition Depicts Death personification skeletons confronting bishop vanitas allegory hourglass sheep shepherds landscape Height 7.7 cm width 5 cm detailed monochrome line drawing pale slightly textured background robed figure wearing ornate tall hat holding long staff standing next skeletal figure raises hourglass- object bony hand gripping robed figure group sheep grazes feet shepherd staff stands near gnarled tree left distant shoreline small buildings faintly visible right.