Book Title: 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 ...

Author: Holbein, Hans, 1497-1543. Totentanz

Image Title: The Beggar

Scripture Reference:

• Romans 7 (further images / scripture text)

Description: A lame beggar sits outside a rich man's house, but the affluent who enter the home pay little attention to him or his deplorable condition. While the beggar wishes for death so that he will be relieved of his suffering, Death would take away the lives of those who find themselves content and comfortable, such as the rich who have just ignored the beggar. The 54 images of Hans Holbein's "The Dance of Death" (Lyon, 1538) were cut by Hans Luetzelburger and here appear in the 1547 Latin edition of the work.

Click here for additional images available from this book.

Request a high-resolution file (fees apply)

Rights Statement: The online edition of this work in the public domain, i.e., not protected by copyright, has been produced by Pitts Theology Library, Emory University.
Rights Status: No Copyright - United States
Pitts Theology Library provides copyright information as a courtesy and makes no representation about copyright or other legal status of materials in the Digital Image Archive.