About this piece

A young woman sleeps peacefully, unaware of the looming presence of Death, depicted as a skeletal figure with large wings and an hourglass.

Artist: Hans Sebald Beham
Title: Death and the Sleeping Young Woman
Date: 1548

Related tags: hans sebald beham, death, skeleton, hourglass, sleeping woman, renaissance art

Dimensions: 2688 x 1901 (Nearest commonly-used ratio: 4:3)
Image file name: dood_en_slapende_jonge_vrouw_7587b656.jpeg
Image file size: 11196814
Time image uploaded: 2024-07-05T14:25:24.000Z
License: CC0 (Creative Commons 0)

Source: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam