Een familie verrast door de Dood, RP-P-OB-1774, Lucas van Leyden, between 1523 and 1599
Identification title(s): a family surprised by death. Object type: print object number: rp-p-ob-1774. Catalog reference: new hollstein dutch 12-after. Note: says two of two. Inscriptions / marks: collector's mark; verso bottom left, stamped: lugt 240. Description: the life stages of man depicted by two children, two young people and two old people. Death with cloak and hourglass, accompanied by a woman with a skull in her hands. In the air cupid with bow and arrow. Added tree to right side. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: anonymous, after a design by: lucas van leyden (possibly). Dating: 1523 - 1599. Physical features: engraving. Material: paper technique: engraving (printing process). Dimensions: top: h 100 mm × w 136 mm. Subject: what: death as skeleton scenes symbolizing 'vanitas'the ages of man(story of) cupid, amor (eros). Acquisition: transfer of management 1816. Date: between 1523 and 1599.