Allegory on Life and Death, Jacob Hoefnagel, circa 1598

Allegory on life and death, attributed to: jacob hoefnagel (the figure and landscape within the oval) and joris hoefnagel (animals, insects and plants on the border); 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. Object Type: drawing. Date: circa 1598. Dimensions: height: 16.8 cm (6.6 in); width: 23.6 cm (9.2 in). Medium: bodycolour, gold, vellum, watercolour. Collection: British Museum. Joris and Jacob Hoefnagel - Allegory on Life and Death