Two Genii with a Skull and Grasshoppers
Two putti reclining inwards, leaning on a skull at center. Above, an ornament with a putto mask, flanked by two grasshoppers. In upper left and right corners, vases with flowers. From a series of six plates.
Artwork Details
- Title: Two Genii with a Skull and Grasshoppers
- Artist: Nicolaes de Bruyn (Netherlandish, Antwerp 1571–1656 Rotterdam)
- Publisher: Frederick de Wit (Dutch, 1629/30–1706)
- Date: 1594
- Medium: Engraving
- Dimensions: Sheet: 2 × 3 1/4 in. (5.1 × 8.2 cm)
- Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
- Object Number: 51.501.1165(4)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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