The Lawyer (plate)
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The Lawyer (plate) is a specific woodcut from Hans Holbein’s "Dance of Death" series, depicting Death confronting a legal professional to illustrate the inevitability of mortality.
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artwork
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print from a series ⓘ woodcut print ⓘ |
| artist | Hans Holbein the Younger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artMovement | Northern Renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Reformation-era moral concerns ⓘ |
| basedOn | medieval Dance of Death tradition ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Switzerland ⓘ |
| creator | Hans Holbein the Younger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts |
Death
NERFINISHED
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Death interrupting the lawyer at work ⓘ a desk ⓘ a lawyer ⓘ a legal professional confronted by Death ⓘ books ⓘ legal documents ⓘ |
| genre |
allegorical art
ⓘ
religious art ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificance |
example of Holbein’s satirical treatment of social elites
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representative image of legal profession in Dance of Death imagery ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
skeleton as personification of Death
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vanitas symbolism ⓘ |
| iconographicType | Dance of Death scene with professional figure ⓘ |
| influencedBy | late medieval moralizing imagery ⓘ |
| intendedMessage |
critique of legal profession’s worldliness
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reminder that social status cannot avert death ⓘ |
| languageOfInscription | Latin ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
inevitability of death
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memento mori NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | ink on paper ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Dance of Death NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationContext | Dance of Death woodcut series first published in Lyon ⓘ |
| seriesTheme |
moral critique of social estates
ⓘ
universality of death ⓘ |
| technique | woodcut ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 16th century ⓘ |
| title | The Lawyer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| visualContrast | contrast between busy lawyer and intrusive Death ⓘ |
| workSeriesPosition | one plate among multiple social types in Dance of Death ⓘ |
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