Accession number
PML 15544.11
Published
[S.l. : s.n., 17--?]
Credit line
Purchased in 1906.
Notes
One of a set of 13 plates bound as a collection (see PML 15544).
Engraving from an unidentified edition; appears to be a reversed image based on Chovin's engraving after a design by Matthieu Merian (cf. PML 2120 published in Basle in 1774).
Engraved on paper, later cut out and mounted on vellum backing, hand-colored and with fabric incorporated into the design (découpé), further inlaid into a leaf of vellum bound into an album (brown blind-stamped leather with remainders of clasps, 25 cm).
Engraving from an unidentified edition; appears to be a reversed image based on Chovin's engraving after a design by Matthieu Merian (cf. PML 2120 published in Basle in 1774).
Engraved on paper, later cut out and mounted on vellum backing, hand-colored and with fabric incorporated into the design (découpé), further inlaid into a leaf of vellum bound into an album (brown blind-stamped leather with remainders of clasps, 25 cm).
Description
1 dressed print : engraving, dressed, hand-colored ; image: 98 x 88 mm; mount: 120 x 102 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
Numbered 11 in upper right corner of plate; numbered "Pl. 23" in lower left corner of mount.
Provenance
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) from Badin, 12 May 1906.
Summary
Print shows Death at right, facing left, with one leg in a crutch and swathed in a length of cloth which falls down the length of his back to the ground as he grabs the crippled man's arm and staff. The man stands at left, facing right, clutching his staff with both hands, with a wooden peg attached to one of his legs which lacks a foot.
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