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Hans Holbein, the younger

Design for Epitaph: Family Members Kneeling Before Tomb

n.d.
Pen and black ink and brush and gray wash on cream laid paper, laid down on ivory wove paper
24.4 × 41.6 cm (9.6 × 16.4 in)

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