Die Greffinn (The Countess)

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

The image shows three figures indoors. In the center, a woman is being embraced from behind by a skeleton. She has delicate facial features, braided hair, and wears a gown. Another woman stands beside her gesturing while wearing a bonnet and a detailed dress. The skeleton is draped in a cloak and holds an hourglass. They are in front of a wood-paneled backdrop with a window to the right. A piece of furniture with papers and an hourglass is in the foreground.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.4840

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Passavant, no. 33


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, 34.

Wikidata ID

Q64957279

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