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The Archangel Michael Weighing Souls, by Hans Holbein the Younger

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The Archangel Michael Weighing Souls, by Hans Holbein the Younger

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The Archangel Michael Weighing Souls. Pen and ink and brush, grey wash, 38.8 × 22.8 cm, Kunstmuseum Basel.
In this drawing based partly on the engraving The Archangel Gabriel by Agostino Veneziano, Holbein shows the devil trying to usurp the scales against the Christ Child, with Gabriel raising his sword to strike him (Müller, 286).

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1523
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drawings by hans holbein der jungere in the kunstmuseum basel
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