Cœnotaphiorum (13)

Various artists/makers

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Freestanding tomb in an interior characterized by naked children carrying a lance and a shield standing on consoles along the edges of the tomb. Behind the tomb is a second funerary monument with the effigies of a kneeling man and woman, flanked on the left by a painting of Christ carrying the Cross. On the right side another room with two people in it is visible through an archway. Below the image a Latin inscription is added consisting of four lines, divided over two columns.

Cœnotaphiorum (13), Hans Vredeman de Vries (Netherlandish, Leeuwarden 1527–1606 (?)  Antwerp (?)), Etching; first state of four

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