Design for a wall epitaph

Inventory number: CVH 61
Bollaert & Moortgat

Design for a wall epitaph with Death as a central figure holding a scythe and a spear, with which he is holding up a cloth over an oval plaque on which is written the inscription 'DOM'. He is standing on a pedestal with turned-in corners; in the corner on the left is the sketch of a medallion with a man's head in profile.

Artist:

Peter Verbruggen the Younger

Dating:

unknown

Material:

Watercolour; brown ink on paper

Dimensions:

156 x 91 mm

Marks :

Inscription on the oval inscription table; inscription on the reverse.

Place:

Plantin-Moretus-Museum, Antwerp

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