[The dance of death
By Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607-1677, Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607-1677. Mortalium nobilitas, Holbein, Hans, 1497-1543. Published 1680. Free to read and download from Internet Archive.
Description
Prints in Getty copy trimmed close to platemark or slightly within. Copy of Pennington 238 ("Empress") trimmed beyond edge line at lower left, with loss of most of legend. Copy of Pennington 261 ("Child") trimmed into edge line at upper right Prints of Getty copy now matted individually with glassine guard sheets, in cloth-covered clamshell box Title devised by cataloger First published in Antwerp 1651, with title: Mortalium nobilitas iconibus ab Holbeino delineatis et a W. Hollar exsculptis expressa. See Pennington, who writes that the 2nd ed. published by Nicolas Pitau in Paris appeared ca. 1680 (despite Pitau's death in 1671, as reported in Thieme-Becker, Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon, Bénézit) Prints bear initials HB.i. (probably for "Holbein invenit") and WH ("Wenceslaus Hollar"), corresponding to Pennington's 2nd state. Bible verse in Latin beneath each image Each print (plate mar
- Author
- Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607-1677, Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607-1677. Mortalium nobilitas, Holbein, Hans, 1497-1543
- Date
- 1680
- Publisher
- A Paris : Chez N. Pitau, rue St. Jacques proche les Mathurins
- Language
- lat
- Copyright
- Public domain in the US
Subjects
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