Cœnotaphiorum (25)

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Two designs for funeral monuments to be placed onto a wall. The monument on the left is characterized by a large painting of the Annunciation in the central compartment and a smaller depiction of God holding up the body of Christ (Gnadenstuhl). The monument on the right shows effigies of four kneeling men in front of a painting of the Last Judgement. a Latin inscription is added on a small panel below. Below the image as a whole a Latin inscription is added, consisting of eight lines divided over two columns.

Cœnotaphiorum (25), Hans Vredeman de Vries (Netherlandish, Leeuwarden 1527–1606 (?)  Antwerp (?)), Etching; first state of four

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