Slapend kind met zandloper en vier schedels, Barthel Beham, 1512 - 1540

Title(s)

Slapend kind met zandloper en vier schedels
Mors Omnia Aeqvat (title on object)

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-4201

Catalogue reference

• The Illustrated Bartsch 28-2(3)
• Pauli (Barthel Beham) 36-2(2)
• Hollstein German 36-2(3)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228a

Description

Het motto Mors Omnia Aeqvat op dit kleine prentje betekend dat in de dood iedereen gelijk is.

Artist

• print maker: Barthel Beham
• after own design by: Barthel Beham

Dating

1512 - 1540

Material

• paper

Technique

engraving

Measurements

height 54 mm × width 76 mm

What

• skull as symbol of 'Vanitas'
• hourglass
• sleeping; unconsciousness
• child

Acquisition

transferred 1816

Copyright

Public domain

• Barthel Beham, Gustav Pauli, p. 28, cat.nr. 36-II