print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1895,0122.812
- Description
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The Lawyer; Death, holding an hourglass, standing between two men, who conduct business on a square; first published with text in Les simulachres & historiees faces de la mort, avtant elegamment pourtraictes, que artificiellement imaginées ..., Lyon, M. and G. Trechsel (for Jean and François Frellon), 1538 (8°); this impression is part of the so called proofs, a set without text, probably published by M. Trechsel, Lyon, 1526. c. 1526
Woodcut
- Production date
- 1526 (c.)
- Dimensions
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Height: 65 millimetres (borderlines)
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Height: 74 millimetres (sheet)
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Width: 48 millimetres
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Width: 56 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Part of the Dance of Death series, consisting of 41 woodcuts, designed by Holbein in 1524/25 and cut by Lützelburger; for further comment see the first of the series, 1895,0122.796
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1895
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1895,0122.812