The Nun
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The Nun is a print that was designed by German artist Hans Holbein in 1538. It is part of a series called the “Dance of Death". It depicts a nun that has admitted her lover into her apartment while praying, death extinguishes the candles on the altar signifying the punishment of unlawful love.
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death, candle, drawing, 16th century, German artist, Hans Holbein, dance of death, the nun, unlawful loveGalleries
Woodcut PrintsSource
Crane, Walter The Decorative Illustration of Books Old and New (New York, NY: G. Bells and Sons, Ltd, 1905)
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1840×2400, 1.8 MiB
785×1024, 330.2 KiB
490×640, 163.8 KiB
245×320, 54.3 KiB