Cœnotaphiorum (26), 1563, Etching; first state of four, sheet: 6 9/16 x 8 1/4 in. ( x 21 cm), Hans Vredeman de Vries


Cœnotaphiorum (26), 1563, Etching; first state of four, sheet: 6 9/16 x 8 1/4 in. ( x 21 cm), Hans Vredeman de Vries (Netherlandish, Leeuwarden 1527–1606 (?) Antwerp (?)), Engraved by Johannes van Doetecum the elder (Netherlandish, active 1554–ca. 1600, died 1605), Engraved by Lucas van Doetecum (Netherlandish, active 1554–72, died before 1589), Two designs for funerary monuments to be placed onto a wall. The monument on the left is characterized the effigy of a sleeping man in harnas, placed before a large painting of the Crucifixion. The monument on the right shows a painting of the Last Judgement in the central compartment, flanked on either side by a cariatid and a Ionic pillar


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Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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