BOËTIUS ADAMSZ. BOLSWERT (1580-1633) AFTER DAVID VINCKBOONS (1576-1632)
PROPERTY OF THE LATE PROFESSOR ERIC STANLEY
BOËTIUS ADAMSZ. BOLSWERT (1580-1633) AFTER DAVID VINCKBOONS (1576-1632)

All-Conquering Death

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BOËTIUS ADAMSZ. BOLSWERT (1580-1633) AFTER DAVID VINCKBOONS (1576-1632)
All-Conquering Death
engraving, 1610, on laid paper, without watermark, a fine and clear impression of this rare print, first state (of three), printing with great contrasts and depth, trimmed to or just inside the platemark on three sides, trimmed into the subject above, some minor defects, generally in good condition
Sheet 269 x 377 mm.
來源
Sotheby's, London, 9 December 1982, lot 744.
With Artemis Fine Arts, London; acquired at the above sale.
Eric G. Stanley (1913-2018), Oxford; acquired from the above in 1982.
出版
Hollstein 313 (Bolswert) & 10 (after Vinckboons)

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Stefano Franceschi
Stefano Franceschi Specialist

拍品專文

In this large and crowded allegory of Death and Time, the events unfold on two levels. In the foreground, a crowd of people from all walks of life has gathered to fight Death, whose skeletal figure below a tall tree trunk at left is shooting three arrows at once at his multitudinous foes. Next to Death the winged, long-bearded figure of Time, with an hourglass on the head, shatters some earthly objects with a long scythe - objects probably thrown in vain at Death by his helpless victims. In the background, lit by the radiance of the sun, we see Death firing an arrow at a herd of animals, symbolising the annihilation of all creatures.

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