Kind in skelet van de Dood gekropen, Boëtius Adamsz. Bolswert, 1624

Identification

Title(s)

Kind in skelet van de Dood gekropen
Pia desideria (series title)

Object type

print

Serial number

38/45

Object number

RP-P-BI-2254

Catalogue reference

Hollstein Dutch 184

Inscriptions / marks

inscription: ‘Infelix ego homo, quis me liberabit de corpore mortis huius?’
collector's mark: Lugt 240

Description

Een kind is in het zittende skelet van de Dood gekropen, zij staat met gevouwen handen in gebed tussen de ribben in de holte van de borstkas.

Creation

Artist

print maker: Boëtius Adamsz. Bolswert
after own design by: Boëtius Adamsz. Bolswert
publisher: Hendrik Aertssens (II)

Place

Antwerp

Dating

1590 - 1624 and/or 1624

Material and Technique

Material

paper

Technique

engraving

Measurements

height 95 mm × width 55 mm

Explanatory note

Boekillustratie uit: Herman Hugo, Pia desideria emblematis, elegiis & affectibus S. S. Patrum illustrata, Antwerpen 1624, afb. 38

Subject

What

Death as skeleton

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

transferred 1816

Copyright

Public domain

Relations

Documentation

Boekhorst - Brueghel, p. 64, cat.nr. 184
Pia desideria emblematis, elegiis & affectibus S. S. Patrum illustrata, Herman Hugo, afb. 38 tegenover p. 333
http://emblems.let.uu.nl/hu1624038.html

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.84200

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