Title
Life and death, by Unknown (1790, c.)
Description
"A woman, standing, divided vertically into two, the right side showing her in life, the left side showing her after her death, as a skeleton. The right side shows the pleasures of life: red ribbons in her powdered hair, jewellery, a bouquet in her hand, the skirt hem decorated with a lace trim, a bed of flowers behind her. The left side shows death: she is holding a reaper's scythe, next to her are a dog-eared Bible and a broken candle, and in the background are cold and barren mountains." (Description from the Wellcome Library webpage,
https://search.wellcomelibrary.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1202875;jsessionid=B9CD7A827E8B3222C3CD274299D5B54F?lang=eng#_ga=2.211593173.1366502811.1594404625-1133108862.1594404625, Archived in:
https://web.archive.org/web/20200710182325/https://search.wellcomelibrary.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1202875;jsessionid=B9CD7A827E8B3222C3CD274299D5B54F?lang=eng)
https://search.wellcomelibrary.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1202875;jsessionid=B9CD7A827E8B3222C3CD274299D5B54F?lang=eng#_ga=2.211593173.1366502811.1594404625-1133108862.1594404625, Archived in:
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Creator
Unknown, possibly Austrian or German artist
Source
Wellcome Library:
https://search.wellcomelibrary.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1202875;jsessionid=B9CD7A827E8B3222C3CD274299D5B54F?lang=eng#_ga=2.211593173.1366502811.1594404625-1133108862.1594404625
Archived in:
https://web.archive.org/web/20200710182325/https://search.wellcomelibrary.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1202875;jsessionid=B9CD7A827E8B3222C3CD274299D5B54F?lang=eng
Library number: 45063i
System number: .b12028757
Also found in Wellcome Collection:
https://wellcomecollection.org/works/d536cfes
Archived in :
https://web.archive.org/web/20200629194129/https://wellcomecollection.org/works/d536cfes
https://search.wellcomelibrary.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1202875;jsessionid=B9CD7A827E8B3222C3CD274299D5B54F?lang=eng#_ga=2.211593173.1366502811.1594404625-1133108862.1594404625
Archived in:
https://web.archive.org/web/20200710182325/https://search.wellcomelibrary.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1202875;jsessionid=B9CD7A827E8B3222C3CD274299D5B54F?lang=eng
Library number: 45063i
System number: .b12028757
Also found in Wellcome Collection:
https://wellcomecollection.org/works/d536cfes
Archived in :
https://web.archive.org/web/20200629194129/https://wellcomecollection.org/works/d536cfes
Date
1790, c.
Format
Oil on canvas.
Dimensions: 41.5 × 35.5 cm
Dimensions: 41.5 × 35.5 cm
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