De vana spe futurae successionis (Of the vain hope of future succession), Tobias Stimmer, 1572

Two fools attending to the ass on which death holding an hourglass is sitting; illustration to a latin edition of sebastian brant's 'ship of fools', probably that printed by petri in basel in 1572. C. 1568-72 woodcut. Date: 1572. Dimensions: Height: 48 mm Width: 71 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Sebastian Brandt. Collection: British Museum. De vana spe futurae successionis (Of the vain hope of future succession) (BM E,7.318)