The Pope, from the Dance of Death
Wenceslaus Hollar|Hans Holbein the Younger
[1651] late 18th century printing · Etching; second state of four · Drawings and Prints
The Pope seated on a canopied throne on the left, with Death behind, about to crown a kneeling man whose sword and orb lie beside him; ecclesiastics and a skeleton on right. After Holbein
- Artist
- Wenceslaus Hollar|Hans Holbein the Younger
- Date
- [1651] late 18th century printing
- Medium
- Etching; second state of four
- Department
- Drawings and Prints
- Credit line
- The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
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