Der Artzet (The Physician)

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 is an illustration of a skeletal figure interacting with seated figures in a medieval setting. The skeletal figure holds an hourglass. Nearby, another figure stands with a cane. The setting features shelves with books and alchemical tools, with a small animal on the floor. The scene is framed by a decorative archway with intricate patterns.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1964.8.1093

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Passavant, no. 26, State i

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1973

  • Fifteenth- and Sixteenth-Century Prints of Northern Europe from the National Gallery of Art Rosenwald Collection, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1973, no. 64.

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, 26.

Wikidata ID

Q65508707

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