The Old Woman

Holbein: Abraham and the angel

AC (Allaert Claesz) 1562

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)

Vogtherr (1544)

Birckmann (1555)

Scharffenberg (1576)

Kieser (1617)

Hollar (1651)

Valvasor (1682)

Mechel (1780)

Deuchar (1788)

Bewick (1789)

Anderson (1810)

Hollar (colour) (1816)

Pseudo-Bewick (1825)

Bechstein (1831)

Schlotthauer (1832)

Douce (1833)