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RP-P-1908-2820
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Satirische allegorie rond het grafmonument van Johann Caspar Lavater

Medium

etching

Dimensions

h 190mm × w 155mm

Collection

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Materials

paper

Object Type

print

Subject Matter

grave, tomb and other grave-forms and grave-markers; historical persons; serpent Ouroboros; garland, wreath; devils in the form of (fabulous) animals; mirror; political caricatures and satires; bauble; crowning the victor with laurel; Death as skeleton; military clothing and other equipment (uniforms, cap, armour, helmet, etc.); index finger forwards, pointing, indicating; the virgin and Dominican Tertiary, Catherine of Siena; possible attributes: book, cross, crown of thorns, crucifix, demon under foot, heart (with cross), lily, plague-stricken, ring, rosary, stigmata; book

Acquisition Method

purchase

Acquired

1905

Notes

height 190 mm x width 155 mm

Collection Type

prints

About Balthasar Anton Dunker

1746–1807GermanySwitzerland

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