Live auction - Lot 132
[Dutch school]
Death surprising a young man.
1592
€ 300 / 400
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Lot description
Engraving, 25 x 17,3 cm; engr. name, date and Latin caption (trimmed a little short: Hollstein requires 25,4 x 17,7 cm, hardly visible central horizontal fold, ink stain on verso not visible on recto).
Pasted by upper corners. Fine impression.
Beautiful "memento mori" with inscription on the tombstone "Fui, non sum: es, non eris" and 2 quatrains by F. Estius. Ref. Hollstein XXIII, p. 84:111. Prov. Ms. mention in red pencil on verso.