Two women and two children cry near the dead body of a man. A funeral procession with torch-bearers can be seen in the background. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a four-part series on the four extremes.
| Artist |
Johannes I Sadeler
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Dirck Barendsz
RKD
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Johannes I Sadeler
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| Title | Death as One of the Four Extremes |
| Date | ca. 1560 - 1600 |
| Period | 16th century |
| Medium and support | engravings AAT |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | printed inscription in the depiction, below: T B .AmSt.inuç / .I.S. Scalpt. excud: |
| printed inscription outside the depiction, below: Viuamus memores venturae Mortis, & horae / Vltima quae rerum linea cuncta Subit. / Iudicis arbitrio vitam haec Submittit et acta, / Hunc studeas Sancto claudere fine diem. | |
| inscription: J. Sadeler; abt [...] | |
| inscription reverse, bottom right: 6 | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | engravings AAT |
| Inventory number | 2014-NZ |
| Acquisition credit |
onbekend 2014 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-NZ |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11729/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300055865
symbolism (artistic concept)
AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT 300124520 interior views AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
11L541411
Death (as one of the Four Last Things)
Iconclass
11V7 burying the dead, 'mortuus sepellitur' ~ one of the (seven) Acts of Mercy Iconclass 31A236 lying figure Iconclass 31A71 male sex; man Iconclass 31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass 31AA233 kneeling figure - AA - female human figure Iconclass 31B6214 weeping Iconclass 31B62141 tears Iconclass 31D112 child Iconclass 31D11221 boy (child between toddler and youth) Iconclass 31E death of human being Iconclass 31F2 personifications of Death; 'Morte' (Ripa) Iconclass 41B32 torch Iconclass 42E burial rites Iconclass 42E12 the corpse placed on a bier Iconclass 42E22 cortege, funeral procession Iconclass 42E23 burial Iconclass 42E131 mourning the dead Iconclass 42E411 mourning dress Iconclass 48(+431) art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass |
| School / Style | Renaissance AAT |
| Hollstein's Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts ca. 1450-1700 : Vol. XXI. Aegidius Sadeler to Raphael Sadeler II : Text ; Vol. XXII : Plates / Friedrich Wilhelm H. Hollstein, Dieuwke De Hoop Scheffer, Karel Gerard Boon. - Amsterdam : Van Gendt & Co., 1980 (155) |
| Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts ca. 1450-1700 : Vol. I. Abry - Berchem / Friedrich Wilhelm H. Hollstein. - Amsterdam : Menno Hertzberger, 1949- ; Amsterdam : Van Gendt & Co., 1978 (102) |
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