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Cœnotaphiorum (26)

1563
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Two designs for funerary monuments to be placed onto a wall. The monument on the left is characterized the effigy of a sleeping man in harnas, placed before a large painting of the Crucifixion. The monument on the right shows a painting of the Last Judgement in the central compartment, flanked on either side by a cariatid and a Ionic pillar. 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.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Cœnotaphiorum (26)
  • Artist: Hans Vredeman de Vries (Netherlandish, Leeuwarden 1527–1606 (?) Antwerp (?))
  • Artist: Engraved by Johannes van Doetecum I (Netherlandish, 1528/32–1605)
  • Artist: Engraved by Lucas van Doetecum (Netherlandish, active 1554–72, died before 1589)
  • Publisher: Hieronymus Cock (Netherlandish, Antwerp ca. 1510–1570 Antwerp)
  • Date: 1563
  • Medium: Etching; first state of four
  • Dimensions: sheet: 6 9/16 x 8 1/4 in. (16.6 x 21 cm)
  • Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Phyllis D. Massar Gift, 2011
  • Object Number: 2011.510.26
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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