Book Title: Oeuvre de Jean Holbein; ou, Recueil de gravures d'apres les plus beaux ouvrages de ce fameux peintre. Publié par C. de Mechel

Author: Holbein, Hans, 1497-1543.

Image Title: The Knight

Description: Death runs a lance through a knight and his armor. An hourglass, the reminder of human mortality, lies overturned at their feet. Engraved by Chrétien de Mechel (1737–1817) after the original design by Hans Holbein, the Younger (1498–1543).

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