Cœnotaphiorum (8)

Hans Vredeman de Vries|Johannes van Doetecum I|Lucas van Doetecum|Hieronymus Cock

1563 · Etching; first state of four · Drawings and Prints

Funerary monument, shape like a tomb and placed against a wall taberbacle on the right side of the print. The lower tier of the monument is characterized by sphinxes crowned by composite capitals carrying the upper part of the monument. Through a narrow opening between the roof structure and the lower tomb structure, an effigy of a sleeping woman (gisant) is visible. Above her head, a diamond shaped blank coat of arms is visible, divided into quarters with a crown on top. Below the image is a Latin text, made up out of four lines, divided over two columns.

Artist

Hans Vredeman de Vries|Johannes van Doetecum I|Lucas van Doetecum|Hieronymus Cock

Date

1563

Medium

Etching; first state of four

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Purchase, Phyllis D. Massar Gift, 2011