Antique Print-OLD MAN-GRAVE-HOURGLAS-SKULL-DEATH-CHILDREN-Baur-Kusell-1630

This print shows a view on an old man sitting next to a grave holding an hourglas in one hand, resting with the other arm on a stick and having one foot resting on a skull.. In the background we see the same man walking while children running towards him. From the series ‘Sinn und Lehrreiche Emblemata’.

Made by Johann Wilhelm Baur after Melchior Kusell.

Medium: Engraving / etching on hand laid (verge) paper. Watermark: yes.

Sheet size: 23.2 x 22.5 cm (9.13 x 8.86 inch). Image size: 21.5 x 22 cm. (8.46 x 8.66 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Vertical folds. Creases. . General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

OLD MAN-GRAVE-HOURGLAS-SKULL-DEATH-CHILDREN-LANDSCAPE | RBOS-A10-14

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

This print was published in ca 1630.

Biography engraver: Johann Wilhelm Baur (1600-1640).

Biography artist: Melchior Kusell ((1626-1683). Made a slightly different version of this etching, with the names of the artist shown in the plate.