book-illustration;
book
- Museum number
- 1904,0206.86.4
- Description
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Adam ploughing, from Holbein's 'Dance of Death' series, an illustration to Genesis III in a first edition (fol. A iii verso) of ' Historiarum veteris Instrumenti Icones ad vivum expressae' known as 'Icones' (1538); Adam ploughing in the foreground with a figure of Death, Eve seated behind suckling an infant. c.1526
Woodcut
- Production date
- 1526 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 65 millimetres
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Width: 50 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- The book contains ninety-one illustrations to the Old Testament; one woodcut on each page, with a brief caption and the chapter of the book lettered above each. The first four woodcuts of this edition, including this print of Adam, were designed for Holbein's Dance of Death series and cut by Lützelberger.
Lit: Hollstein 100 (for details of the 'Icones'); G.Bartrum, German Renaissance Prints, BM exh cat. 1995, no. 235; C. Müller, 'Hans Holbein d.J, die Druckgraphik im Kupferstichkabinett in Basel' exh.cat. Basel, 1997, nos. 106-108; C. Rümelin in 'Hans Holbein the Younger: the Basel Years, 1515-1532', exh.cat. Basel, 2006, no. D.22
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Historiarum veteris Instrumenti Icones ad vivum expressae
- Acquisition date
- 1904
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1904,0206.86.4
