The Rich Man on His Deathbed, from The Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus

Heinrich Aldegrever

1554 · Engraving · Drawings and Prints

The rich man in a bed at center, with his mourning family at right. At far right, a view through the doorway of the street, where a procession carries a coffin. In the left foreground, the devil takes goods from a chest at the foot of the bed. Plate 3 from a series of five prints with scenes from Luke 16:19–31.

Artist

Heinrich Aldegrever

Date

1554

Medium

Engraving

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Gift of Henry Walters, 1917