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Etcher Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemian
After Hans Holbein the Younger German
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A young nun is kneeling before an altar in a bedroom but she looks around at a young man seated on the bed playing a lute. Death reaches toward the altar to extinguish the candle flame.
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Title: The Nun, from the Dance of Death
Series/Portfolio: Dance of Death, after Holbein
Etcher:
Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
Artist:
After Hans Holbein the Younger (German, Augsburg 1497/98–1543 London)
Date: [1651] late 18th century printing
Medium: Etching; second state of four
Dimensions: Sheet: 2 15/16 × 2 3/16 in. (7.5 × 5.5 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
Object Number: 51.501.2126
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