Terms and conditions of use
The Bishop
1538
from Les Simulachres et historiees faces de la mort series, 1538
Medium
woodcut
Measurements
6.5 × 4.9 cm (block)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1961
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Hollstein 99-12 (vol. XIVa, p. 202); Woltmann 98 (vol. II, 174-179); Passavant III 362-373
Inscription
printed in ink above image u.l.-u.r.: Percutiam paſtorem,& diſpergentui / oues. / XXVI MAR. XIIII
printed in ink below image l.l.-l.r.: Le paſteur auffi frapperay / Mitres & croffes renuerſées. / Et lors quand ie l'attrapperay, / Seront ſes brebis difperfées. / D ij
inscribed in pencil l.l.: Lyon. 1538
Accession Number
951B-5
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Subjects (general)
Allegory and Symbols Another Work Human Figures
Subjects (specific)
bishops (prelates) Death (allegorical character) deaths domestic sheep (species) flocks hourglasses memento mori skeletons (animal components)
Movements
Renaissance