Saint James the hermit and female skeleton, by de Vos (1600, c.)

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Title

Saint James the hermit and female skeleton, by de Vos (1600, c.)

Description

This engraving represents the scene when Saint James the hermit looks at a female skeleton. This is one of the few cases where the skeleton's gender is identified as feminine, and this can be seen in the lettering: "Dextera ne flamma(m?) rapiat, cremat igne sinistram, Sic Iacobe manu tacta puella calet. Vicisti iuuenis, canum qui foemina vicit. In thalamo peccas; corrigis in tumulo."

Creator

Vos, Maarten de (1532-1603)

Source

Saint James the hermit beating himself with a stone as he contemplates a skeleton in a tomb. Engraving by G. Piccini after Martin de Vos. Credit: Wellcome Library, London, UK
https://wellcomecollection.org/works/qddggtew

Archived in:
https://web.archive.org/web/20200904225014if_/https://wellcomecollection.org/works/qddggtew

Wellcome Library number: 34634i

Date

1600, c.

Format

Engraving.
Dimensions: 15 × 19.7 cm

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