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Object Type
print
alphabet
Museum number
1895,0122.906
Title
Object:
Holbein's Alphabet mit dem Todtentanz
Description
Roman majuscle alphabet after Holbein's Dance of Death; twenty-four white letters on horizontally hatched backgrounds, below the initial H decorated with flowers, with Lützelburger's printed signature. 1849 Woodcut
Producer name
After:
Hans Holbein the Younger
Print made by:
Heinrich Lödel
Published by:
Rudolf Weigel
School/style
German
Production date
1849
Production place
Published in:
Leipzig
Published in:
Göttingen (Lower Saxony)
Materials
paper
Technique
woodcut
Dimensions
Height:
24 millimetres
(approx. dimensions of each letter)
Height:
280 millimetres
(sheet)
Width:
24 millimetres
Width:
340 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
This is a high quality woodcut copy of 1849 after Holbein's famous alphabet series of 'Dance of Death' cut by Hans Lützelburger in 1523-4..
Bibliographic references
Hollstein / German engravings, etchings and woodcuts c.1400-1700
(146)
(copy by Lödel)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
death
dance of death
Associated names
Representation of:
Death
Acquisition name
Donated by:
William Mitchell
Acquisition date
1895
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1895,0122.906
Conservation
Treatment
: 29 Jan 2014