Elderly Man Torn by Death from his Wife and Grandchildren, Adriaen Pietersz van de Venne, c. 1628

Identification

Title(s)

Elderly Man Torn by Death from his Wife and Grandchildren

Object type

Object number

RP-T-1898-A-4067

Description

Ontwerp voor een prent.

Creation

Artist

draughtsman: Adriaen Pietersz van de Venne

Dating

c. 1628

Material and Technique

Physical features

pen and brown ink, with grey wash and opaque watercolour; outlines indented for transfer; framing line in brown ink

Material

Technique

pen / brush

Measurements

height 50 mm × width 66 mm

Explanatory note

Ontwerp voor een illustratie in Jacob Cats' 'Hovwelyck ...' van 1628: een oude man wordt door de Dood aan vrouw en kleinkinderen ontrukt.

Subject

What

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

D. Franken Bequest, Le Vésinet

Acquisition

bequest 1898

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…; collection Daniël Franken Dzn (1838-98), Amsterdam and Le Vésinet; by whom bequeathed to the museum (L. 2228), 1898

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Relations

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.61415

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