Hans Holbein (1497-1543) - Adam and Eve woodcut from Dance of Death - 1523

6,50 x 4,80 cm.

Holbein’s most famous illustrations are his Dance of Death series. The drawings that make up The Images of the Old Testament (better known by its Latin title Icones Historiarum Veteris Testamenti) were likely done at about the same time as the Dance of Death, probably between 1523 and 1526. The first four illustrations in the Icones are taken from the Dance of Death series (this one of them)

Hans Holbein the Younger (1497-1543) - German School
Artist and printmaker from the Northern Renaissance. Born in Augsburg, learned painting from his father. IN Basel he met many scholars, among them the Dutch humanist Erasmus. He illustrated his satires.