The Parish Priest

c. 1526

Hans Lützelburger after Hans Holbein the Younger

Associated Names
Hans Lützelburger

Artist, German, active 1517-1526

Hans Holbein the Younger

Artist After, German, 1497/1498 - 1543

This drawing depicts a procession scene involving a skeletal figure and two other individuals. The skeletal figure is dressed in tattered clothing and carrying a lantern, leading the procession with another individual wearing ornate robes and a flat cap. A smaller figure with a satchel or pot follows closely behind. The background shows a detailed medieval-style architectural setting with brick buildings, arched windows, and smoky clouds near chimney tops. The drawing is highly detailed with sharp lines and contrasts typical of woodcut prints.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1954.12.79

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Passavant, no. 22


Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1860

  • Passavant, Johann David. Le peintre-graveur, contenant l'histoire de la gravure sur bois, sur metalet au buring jusque vers la fin du XVI siecle .... 6 vols. Leipzig: Rudolph Weigel, 1860-1864.

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts, ca. 1400-1700. Vol. XIV A. Roosendaal, 1988: no. 99, 22.

Wikidata ID

Q65226958

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