Allegorie op de vergankelijkheid van het menselijk leven, Johannes Wierix, c. 1580 - c. 1590 engraving, h 175mm × w 115mm More details
Identification Title(s) Allegorie op de vergankelijkheid van het menselijk leven Object type print Object number RP-P-2016-304-12 Catalogue reference New Hollstein Dutch 1997 Inscriptions / marks collector's mark: Lugt 2228 collector's mark: Lugt 2760
Creation Artist print maker: Johannes Wierix after own design by: Johannes Wierix publisher: Johannes Wierix (mentioned on object) Joachim de Buschere (mentioned on object) Place Antwerp Dating c. 1580 - c. 1590
Material and Technique Material paper Technique engraving Measurements height 175 mm × width 115 mmheight 255 mm × width 175 mm
Subject What scenes symbolizing 'Vanitas' (children or putti) blowing bubbles, 'Homo Bulla' ~ scene symbolizing 'Vanitas' harvest storm at sea Death as skeleton
Acquisition and rights Credit line Purchased with the support of the F.G. Waller-Fonds Acquisition purchase 2-Jun-2016 Copyright Public domain
Documentation The Wierix family : part IX, Marjolein Leesberg, Zsuzsanna van Ruyven-Zeman, Jan Van der Stock, p. 138-139, cat.nr. 1997 Les estampes des Wierix conservées au Cabinet des Estampes de la Bibiothèque Royale Albert 1er [Bruxelles] : catalogue raisonné enrichi de notes prises dans diverse autres collections, cat.nr. 1489 Tefaf catalogue nr. 191
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