Title plate from "The Masquerades"

Workshop of Jacques de Gheyn II Netherlandish
After Jacques de Gheyn II Netherlandish

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Title plate to the Masquerades series with an architectural, tabernacle-shaped frame. In the center is a rectangular panel with inscriptions. Behind it the figure of Death is portrayed. He holds two masks in front of the faces of a man and woman who are flanking the central text panel.

Title plate from "The Masquerades", Workshop of Jacques de Gheyn II (Netherlandish, Antwerp 1565–1629 The Hague), Engraving; first state of three

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