BRA0001

Title

Subject

Description

First publication of Holbein's sequence of images of Death. The New Married Lady (The Noblewoman). The Duchess. The woodcuts are supposed to have been executed from Hans Holbein's designs by Hans Lützelburger. Accompanying each cut is a related passage of Scripture in Latin, with a quatrain giving its equivalent rendering in French Bound by "Chambolle-Duru" in dark green morocco with gilt title on spine, marbled endpapers, colored thread bookmark.

Creator

Holbein, Hans, 1497-1543. Lützelburger, Hans, 1495?-1526. Corrozet, Gilles, 1510-1568.

Source

BRA0001, Les simulachres & historiees faces de la Mort, Lyon: Melchior et Gaspar Trechsel; 1538

Relation

Holbein Sequence

Format

Displayed as .jpg

Language

French

Type

Book

Collection

The Dance of Death

Citation

Holbein, Hans, 1497-1543. Lützelburger, Hans, 1495?-1526. Corrozet, Gilles, 1510-1568., “BRA0001,” Bridwell Library Special Collections Exhibitions, accessed April 25, 2024, https://bridwell.omeka.net/items/show/113.