Emblem of Vanitas, Johann Rudolf Huber, circa 1775

A death's head behind the mask of a pretty girl, signifying the ephemerality of all beauty, engraving in: johann caspar lavater, physiognomische fragmente, zur beförderung der menschenkenntnisze und menschenliebe. Leipzig und winterthur, weidmanns erben, 1775-1778, dritter versuch, p. 293. After johann rudolf huber's drawing from 1686, kunstmuseum bern, inv. Nr. A 6347, kehrli 2010, p. 25-27. Date: circa 1775. Medium: engraving. Vanitas 01

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Author: Johann Heinrich Lips (1758–1817) After Johann Rudolf Huber (1668–1748)Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/

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