Bartholomeus Spranger with an Allegory on the Death of His Wife, Christina Muller

An engraving with a dense allegorical scene: winged figures with scythes and hourglasses hover above a reclining bearded man, while a framed oval portrait of a woman with a ruff and a Latin inscription sits at right. Putti, skulls, and a palette and brushes fill the lower margins, with Latin verse printed beneath.

Artist

Aegidius Sadeler II

Date

1600

Medium

Engraving on laid paper

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

4000 × 2859 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum