Drawing, Jacob Hoefnagel, 1598

Allegory on life and death; an oval panel containing a child seated in front of a rose bush holding a skull and an hour-glass, surrounded by dead roses, insects and animals, including a frog, a mouse and a stag-beetle. 1598 bodycolour and watercolour with gold leaf on vellum. Date: 1598. Dimensions: Height: 168 mm; Width: 236 mm. Medium: wool. Collection: British Museum. Drawing (BM 1997,0712.56)

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Author: Drawn by: Joris Hoefnagel (animals, insects and plants on the border) Attributed to: Jacob Hoefnagel (the figure and landscape within the oval)Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/

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