The Old Woman
Old woman
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Icones Historiarum Veteris Testamenti: Abraham and Isaac
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AC (Allaert Claesz) 1562
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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).
Variations:
Birckmann
replaces the long stalks with trees and draws a city in the background.
Various Artists
Thomas de Leu (1610?)
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Uwe Max Jensen (2020)
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Dances of death
Holbein's dance of death
Old Woman
