Death comes to collect the beauty IPSA ADEO MORTI VEL formosissima CEDUNT (title object) Emblemata Saecularia, 1596 (series title) Everything, even the beauty must die once: the death, in the form of a skeleton, standing next to an elegant lady with a flower in hand, for a garden with pergola. He holds her his hourglass and carries her into an embrace with him mee. Manufacturer : printmaker Johann Theodor de Brynaar picture of: Crispijn of Pass Publisher: Johann Theodor and Johann Israel de BryPlaats manufacture: Frankfurt Date: 1596 Physical features: car material: paper Technique: engra (pri

Death comes to collect the beauty IPSA ADEO MORTI VEL formosissima CEDUNT (title object) Emblemata Saecularia, 1596 (series title) Everything, even the beauty must die once: the death, in the form of a skeleton, standing next to an elegant lady with a flower in hand, for a garden with pergola. He holds her his hourglass and carries her into an embrace with him mee. Manufacturer : printmaker Johann Theodor de Brynaar picture of: Crispijn of Pass Publisher: Johann Theodor and Johann Israel de BryPlaats manufacture: Frankfurt Date: 1596 Physical features: car material: paper Technique: engra (printing process) Dimensions: plate edge: h 103 mm × W 80 mmToelichtingBijbehorende text epigram in album: Zart edles Jungfrau Lien schön / Ihr must ein gänglein mit mir gehn / Vielleicht ich nicht Gefälle euch / Und ihr für mir seyt be Scheuch / Das hilfft euch nicht / eur schön gestalt / Mir likes so viel desto bass. Originating from: Emblemata Saecularia. Mira et iucunda varietate seculi huius mores ita Experimentia (...). 1st edition. Frankfurt am Main: The Bry and J. I. de Bry, 1596. Subject: Existence and Modes of Existence (+ emblematical representation of concept) Death axis skeletonallegorical representation of human figure or ideal proportions - AA - female human figure of ideal proportions; "Bellezza feminile '(Ripa)

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