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The Duke
Holbein, Hans, 1497-1543
A woodcut depicting a skeleton (= Death) reaching for a duke, while a woman pleads before him over her child. In the upper left-hand corner is an hourglass representing human mortality. The woodcut is accompanied by a verse from Ezekiel 7 translated into French (top) and then reformatted into verse (bottom).
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1547
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Title
The Duke
Date Issued or Published
1547
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A woodcut depicting a skeleton (= Death) reaching for a duke, while a woman pleads before him over her child. In the upper left-hand corner is an hourglass representing human mortality. The woodcut is accompanied by a verse from Ezekiel 7 translated into French (top) and then reformatted into verse (bottom).
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Lyon (France)
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Ezekiel 7
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15 cm (approx)
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This work is a part of the Richard C. Kessler Reformation Collection.
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Emory University
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