Bidspirit auction | Heinrich Aldegrever (1502- 1561) Death

Heinrich Aldegrever (1502- 1561) Death and the Pope, 1541 Engraving 7 x 5 cm Single state. On the tablet in the upper center, the monogram of the German master with the date 1541. After a design by Hans Holbein the Younger, the part of the series 'The Power of Death'. Hollstein.I. 66,139; Mielke (The New Hollstein), p.120-123 n.139. Fair preservation. Latin inscriptions in the lower edge missing. Trimmed to the platemark.