The Nun
Nun
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Jean de Mauleon
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he nun kneels in front of the altar, but turns her head (and attention) towards the young musician, who's sitting in her
bed. Death, dressed
as an old hag with sagging breasts, steps in and extinguishes her candle.
The hourglass is overturned and cracked, so the sand runs out.
The image of the minstrel is much reminiscent of
one from a book of hours from 1523.
See picture to right.
Variations: Birckmann turns the top of the altar into a semicircle;
The nun's humble bed is decorated with a fabulous monster with bare breasts.
Valvasor, Hollar and Deuchar imitates Birckmann.
Scharffenberg places the musician outdoor.
Valvasor removes the musician!
Various Artists
Dances of death
Holbein's dance of death
Nun
