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Allegory of Transience

Allegory of Transience

(Dutch, 1558–1617)
Medium/TechniqueEngraving
DimensionsSheet: 21.6 x 16 cm (8 1/2 x 6 5/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession numberP7302
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsIn plate, at lower center, on parapet: QVUIS EVADETs In plate, in lower margin, at left: Momento breuis haec, certeq obnoxia morti / Vita, quasi fumus, bullula, flosq perit. / Cur ergo teneris prôh stulti fidimus añis! / Cur non sponte mori discimus ante diem!; In plate, in lower margin, at right: Excussa blandæ carnis, dum vita superstes, / Compede, post mortem liberiore gradu / Spiritus astra petet, iam sedem vbi ficerat ante, / Ciuemq agnoscet catica turba suum
ProvenanceMid-19th century, Rev. J. Burleigh James (Knowlbury Park, Shropshire, England), collection dispersed 1877. Henry F. Sewell (1816-1896, New York); November, 1897, Sewall collection purchased for the MFA by Harvey D. Parker.
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