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Object Type
print
Museum number
1937,0915.158
Description
Allegory of transitoriness. Landscape with two naked youths, one sitting on an urn and blowing a soap bubble, the other lying asleep with his arm on a skull near an hour-glass; after Maarten de Vos Engraving
Producer name
Print made by:
Raphael Sadeler I
After:
Maarten de Vos
School/style
Flemish
Production date
1590
(c.)
Materials
paper
Technique
engraving
Dimensions
Height:
167 millimetres
Width:
206 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
For another impression see 1868,0612.529.
Bibliographic references
Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700
(211)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
allegory/personification
(vanitas)
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Campbell Dodgson
Acquisition date
1937
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1937,0915.158