Vanitas
Vanitas
Vanitas
Vanitas

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Vanitas

Simon de Passe, Dutch, 1595–1647
x1934-1142.140

Information

Title
Vanitas
Maker
Simon de Passe
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
sheet trimmed to plate: 19.5 x 16.4 cm. (7 11/16 x 6 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Junius S. Morgan, Class of 1888
Object Number
x1934-1142.140
Place Made

Europe, Netherlands

Inscription
l.r.: artist's monogram; below, four lines: Nil firmum...cluet; below, center: C.P. invent; above: Vanitas vanitatum et omnia....
Culture
Dutch, European
Type
prints, engravings
Subject
children (people by age group), men, cups, swords, towns, women, crowns (headdresses)

Junius S. Morgan (1867–1932); bequeathed to the Princeton University Art Museum, 1932

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