描述
- Subject: Antique Master Print, titled: 'Du guter alter Mann! Das Grab ist hier schon offen ...' - (You good old man! The grave is already open ...) An old man is seated near a recently dug grave. He holds an hourglass in his hand and his foot rests on a skull.
- Size in cm: The overall size is ca. 23,5 x 26,8 cm. The image size is ca. 20,1 x 22,7 cm.
- Size in inch: The overall size is ca. 9,3 x 10,6 inch. The image size is ca. 7,9 x 8,9 inch.
- Medium: Etching/engraving on hand laid paper.
Description: From Melchior Kusel's collection of 35 engravings after Baur, titled 'Iconographia'. This was published in Augsburg, 1670. Ref: Ref: Hollstein 301-446 1670 Artists and Engravers: Made by 'Melchior Kusel' after 'Johann Wilhelm Baur'. Melchior Kusel (Augsburg 1626-1684) was a German engraver. Johann Wilhelm Baur (or Bauer, Bouwer, Strasbourg 1607 - Vienna 1640) was a German engraver, etcher and miniature painter. He is famous for his work on Ovid's Metamorphoses.