Sujet

The Old Woman, 1538, (1877). Creator: Unknown.

Légende

The Old Woman, 1538, (1877). Death is depicted guiding an old woman who walks with the help of a cane and holding a rosary in her hand. Another skeleton leads the way while playing a musical percussion instrument. Facsimile of an engraving belonging to the series "The Dance of Death" by Hans Holbein the Younger, in "Les Simulachres et Histoires facées de la Mort", 1538. From "Vie Militaire et Religieuse au Moyen Age et à l'Epoque de la Renaissance", Paris, 1877.(Colorised black and white print).

Date

1538

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/LTL

Notre référence

HRM26A26_176

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

41.6Mo (1.7Mo) / 26.9cm x 38.8cm / 3173 x 4578 (300dpi)

Mots clés

exterior outdoors Germany Europe portrait female holding women woman people red walking age historical music religious German arts country religion musician art book continent clothes European color death dress military Renaissance text location century musical instrument musical instruments procession skeleton clothing literature concept xylophone prayer beads walking stick ROSARY hooded APPAREL three people one person lettering old woman engraved engraving cloak colourised titled facsimile Colour allegory 19th century elderly woman 16th century 1870s nineteenth century sixteenth century history historic dance of death Northern Renaissance old age illustration Hans Holbein the Younger outside engraving Allegory Western script Unknown Paul Paul Lacroix Lacroix processional french text Holbein the Younger Hans Holbein Hans Holbein Holbein Hans colorised 1877 Holbein Hans the Younger The Dance of Death 19th-century clothing & dress fashion & clothing 1530s Hans Holbein II Holbein Hans el Joven Holbein Hans the Younger Vie Militaire et Religieuse au Moyen Agee Les Simulachres et Histoires facees de la Mort LT L