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Death and the Bishop
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Death and the Bishop

Heinrich Aldegrever · 1541 · engraving; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

A bishop, taken by the hand by Death, walking through a landscape. By a pollard willow stands a shepherd with his flock of sheep. Below the image a three-line text in Latin. Seventh print from a series of eight on sin and death.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
printDeath as skeleton
Credit lineDe Dood en de bisschop. 1541. Heinrich Aldegrever. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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