The Nun, from the Dance of Death
Wenceslaus Hollar|Hans Holbein the Younger
[1651] late 18th century printing · Etching; second state of four · Drawings and Prints
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.
- 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
