Vanitas
Vanitas
Vanitas
Vanitas

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Vanitas

Simon de Passe, Dutch, 1595–1647
after Crispijn van de Passe II the Younger, Dutch, ca. 1597 - 1670
x1934-1142.139

Information

Title
Vanitas
Maker
Simon de Passe
after Crispijn van de Passe II the Younger
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
sheet trimmed inside plate: 28 x 33.9 cm. (11 x 13 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Junius S. Morgan, Class of 1888
Object Number
x1934-1142.139
Place Made

Europe, Netherlands

Inscription
below center: Crisp; Passaeus Invent. et exc. Sim. Passaeus sculp; in plate above: Memento Mori; below, four lines: En vitae...
Culture
Dutch, European
Type
prints, engravings
Subject
children (people by age group), flowers (plants), skull (skeleton component), still lifes

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

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