Nun Physician

 
Old Woman  
 

The Old Woman

Holbein: Abraham and the angel
Holbein: Abraham and the angel
Allaert Claesz 1562
AC (Allaert Claesz) 1562

D eath plays a xylophone that seems to be made out of bones. The hourglass is broken. The picture has obviously inspired Allaert Claesz (picture to the right).

The shrubbery with its long stalks is reminiscent of one of Holbein's woodcuts for the Old Testament (picture to the left).

Various Artists

Holbein 1538: Old woman
Holbein (1538)
Vogtherr 1544: Old woman
Vogtherr (1544)
Birckmann 1555: Old woman
Birckmann (1555)
Scharffenberg 1576: Old woman
Scharffenberg (1576)
Kieser 1617: Old woman
Kieser (1617)
Hollar 1651: Old woman
Hollar (1651)
Valvasor 1682: Old woman
Valvasor (1682)
Mechel 1780: Old woman
Mechel (1780)
Deuchar 1788: Old woman
Deuchar (1788)
Bewick 1789: Old woman
Bewick (1789)
Anderson 1810: Old woman
Anderson (1810)
Hollar (colour) 1816: Old woman
Hollar (colour) (1816)
Pseudo-Bewick 1825: Old woman
Pseudo-Bewick (1825)
Bechstein 1831: Old woman
Bechstein (1831)
Schlotthauer 1832: Old woman
Schlotthauer (1832)
Douce 1833: Old woman
Douce (1833)

Nun Physician Up to Holbein's great dance of death