Identification title(s): the count and death. Dance of death (series title). Object type: print serial number: 12/30object number: rp-p-ob-11. 194. Catalog reference: pennington 243. New hollstein german (hollar) 1137-1(4). New hollstein german (hollar) 1157. Inscriptions / marks: collector's mark, verso, stamped: lugt 2228. Description: a count tries to flee from death. Twelfth print from a series of 30 death dance prints; with a frame with minerva and hercules. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: wenceslaus hollar (mentioned on object), after a design by: abraham van diepenbeeck (mentioned on object), after a design by: hans holbein (ii). Place of manufacture: antwerp. Dating: 1651. Physical features: etching. Material: paper technique: etching. Dimensions: plate edge: h 115 mm (frame) × w 95 mm (frame) × h 77 mm × w 55 mm. Subject: what: death battling with life, or with the living(the story of) hercules (herakles)(story of) minerva (pallas, athena). Acquisition: unknown. Date: 1651.
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