1521

Showing 2 artworks from 1521

Religious painting · Northern Renaissance

The Body of the Dead Christ in the Tomb

Hans Holbein the Younger

1521 · Kunstmuseum, Basel

A corpse in a box barely wider than itself, with no hint of resurrection. Dostoevsky saw it in Basel and said it could destroy faith.

★ 7.4

Portrait · Northern Renaissance

Portrait of a Man, Aged 93

Albrecht Durer

1521 · Albertina, Vienna

An inscription gives his age as ninety-three. Dürer drew him in Antwerp and used the head soon after for a Saint Jerome.

★ 4.8