Allegory of death Two skeletons with a jacket to keep the shoulders a coat of arms on bearing the image of an altar with a crucifix and candles. Among them one with a sundial crowned skull Where: meandering through hoses. On the floor are signs of worldly luxuries, including a crown, miter and bag with money. Below and above the print aphorisms in Latin on the mortality. To the presentation through a border with nuts, fruits, flowers and insects to Joris Hoefnagel, printed from a separate plaat. Manufacturer : printmaker Michael Mills (listed property) designed by: Jerome Who: rixnaar design:
Allegory of death Two skeletons with a jacket to keep the shoulders a coat of arms on bearing the image of an altar with a crucifix and candles. Among them one with a sundial crowned skull Where: meandering through hoses. On the floor are signs of worldly luxuries, including a crown, miter and bag with money. Below and above the print aphorisms in Latin on the mortality. To the presentation through a border with nuts, fruits, flowers and insects to Joris Hoefnagel, printed from a separate plaat. Manufacturer : printmaker Michael Mills (listed property) designed by: Jerome Who: rixnaar design: Joris Hoefnagel Publisher: Michael Snijders (indicated on object) Date: 1610 - 1672 Physical characteristics: gravure printed on two sheets of material: paper Technique: engra (printing process) Measurements: plate edge: h 184 mm (middle plate) × W 124 mm × h 291 mm (edge; cut off at plate edge) × b 238 mm Subject (human) skeleton protectiveness weapons: shield snake altar cross, crucifix flowers insect fruit fruits (NUT)
Size: 1387px × 1802px
Photo credit: © Art World / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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