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The Death

The  Winged  Death  in  Cologne  –

The Vanitas Experience of the Dying Woman

(Death, The.) While receiving the sacraments the winged death with hourglass and arrow appears to the dying woman. Engraving. (1679.) 8.8 x 6.2 cm.

Verso: (The Last Judgement.) Earth breaks up and releases the dead, filled with amazement, gratitude, and – expectation. Engraving as before. – Works by an anonymous engraver – otherwise named as "Stich fecit", but such one not provable here – of a catechism of Petrus Cansius SJ, Cologne 1679. – Weak waterstreak above the image. There and also outside of the image a larger acid-freely repaired tear with loss of some letters of the general text.
Offer no. 13,085 / EUR  35. (c. US$ 51.) + shipping

 


 

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