Title
Death with an Old Man, by Della Bella (1648, c.)
Description
This image represents an old man holding a corpse. On the bottom right corner there is a skeleton with an hourglass and its head covered with a shroud.
In the engraving, there is a male death figure, represented by the corpse as wet death, and another feminized, represented by the skeleton as dry death. Curiously, the elder person (male) appears with his head covered like the skeleton. The head covering is both a shroud and a female element.
In the engraving, there is a male death figure, represented by the corpse as wet death, and another feminized, represented by the skeleton as dry death. Curiously, the elder person (male) appears with his head covered like the skeleton. The head covering is both a shroud and a female element.
Creator
Della Bella, Stefano (1610-1664)
Source
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, US.
https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.56863.html
Archived in:
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Accession Number: 1978.97.6
https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.56863.html
Archived in:
https://web.archive.org/web/20210103203411/https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.56863.html
Accession Number: 1978.97.6
Date
1648, c.
Format
Etching and engraving.
Dimensions: Unknown
Dimensions: Unknown
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