De Dood met afgehakt hoofd, RP-P-1937-510, Johannes Josephus Aarts, between 1881 and 1934

Identification title(s): death with severed head. Object type: print object number: rp-p-1937-510. Inscriptions / marks: collector's mark, recto, stamped: lugt 2228. Description: a figure with a skull near a severed head with open mouth and half-opened eye. At the bottom a rectangular vignette of a skull with winged helmet. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: johannes josephus aarts. Dating: 1881 - 1934. Physical features: woodcut. Material: paper technique: woodcut. Dimensions: image: h 285 mm × w 135 mm. Topic: what: personifications of death; 'morte' (ripa), head of a beheaded person death's head, skull (symbol of death). Credit line: donation from the heirs of mr j. J. Arch. Acquisition: donation 1935. Date: between 1881 and 1934.