The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Death and the Bishop, from The Power of Death (Allegory of Original Sin and Death)

Death and the Bishop, from The Power of Death (Allegory of Original Sin and Death)

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Death and the Bishop, from The Power of Death (Allegory of Original Sin and Death)

Heinrich Aldegrever (German, Paderborn ca. 1502–1555/1561 Soest)

Artist:: after Hans Holbein the Younger (German, Augsburg 1497/98–1543 London)
Date:: 1541
Medium:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 1/8 × 2 1/16 in. (7.9 × 5.2 cm)
Classification:: Prints
Credit Line:: Gift of Harry G. Friedman, 1962
Accession Number:: 62.635.506a

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