The Soldier
A woodcut depicting a skeleton (= Death) dueling a soldier on a battlefields as another skeleton plays a drum in the background. The woodcut is accompanied by a verse from Luke 11 translated into French (top) and then reformatted into verse (bottom).
Holbein, Hans, 1497-1543
Lützelburger, Hans, 1495?-1526
Frellon, Jean, -1568
Lyon (France)
French
Bible. Luke
Soldiers
War
Battlefields
Swords
Shields
Human skeleton
Skeleton
Drum
Death
Symbols and symbolism
Sixteenth century
Luke 11
15 cm (approx)
Still image
woodcuts (prints)
Octavo
This work is a part of the Richard C. Kessler Reformation Collection.
Les Images de la mort [de H. Holbein] : avx quelles sont adioustées douze figures ... La medecine de l'ame. La consolation des malades. Vn sermon de mortalité, par sainct Cyprian. Vn sermon de patience, par sainct Iehan Chrysostome ...
1547 IMAG
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