Title

The Abbess visited by Death

Caption

The Abbess visited by Death. Facsimile of an engraving, belonging to the series ""The Dance of Death"" by Hans Holbein the Younger, in ""Les Simulachres et Histoires facees de la Mort"", 1538. ""Vie Militaire et Religieuse au Moyen Age et a l'Epoque de la Renaissance"". Paris, 1877.

Date

1877

Credit line

Photo12/Universal Images Group

Reference

UMG24A00_237

License type

Rights managed

Available size

40,7Mb (2,0Mb) / 10,4in x 15,2in / 3113 x 4573 (300dpi)

Keywords

history engraving scene death skeleton Dance of Death Hans Holbein the Younger 16th century Europe clergy allegory macabre religion religious Catholicism Christianity Catholic abbey convent monastery nuns rosary beads pain sorrow fear women anger Renaissance Middle Ages mediaeval history