Portrait of David Deuchar

Category

Library Item

Item no

23289

Title

Portrait of David Deuchar

Description

A portrait of Deuchar, used as a frontispiece to 'The Dances of Death' by John Holbein. This shows a bust portrait of the artist surrounded by the naked figures of Adam and Eve, standing between two pillars. Between them they hold the apple above Deuchar's head and above them in an archway sit three figures, believed to be the Fates. At the top of the picture is a skull and at the sides are hidden figures of a skeleton and the devil.

Artist / maker

Deuchar, David

Date

1803

Size

12.4 x 9.5 cm

Type

Etching

Location

Art and Design Library

The artist John Holbein, known to us as Hans Holbein, was born in Basle in 1498 and died in London in 1554.

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