Venite ad me omnes qui laboratis & onerati estis, Matt. 11 [graphic] / HB i. [center plate] ; WH [center plate] ; Ab. a Diepenbecke inu. [border] ; W. Hollar fecit 1651 [border].

Venite ad me omnes qui laboratis & onerati estis, Matt. 11 [graphic] / HB i. [center plate] ; WH [center plate] ; Ab. a Diepenbecke inu. [border] ; W. Hollar fecit 1651 [border].

Pennington item title: Pedlar
Pennington set title: Dance of death

[Antwerp] : [s.n.], [1651]

1 print : etching ; exterior platemark 116 x 93 mm

paper

Center plate: A peddler with a basket on his back walks to right with Death (represented by a skeleton) on left pulling at his sleeve. A skeleton behind bears away a long post. A small lion behind.--Adapted from Pennington.

Border: The same architectural frame as in Pennington 233A, but with Minerva as a caryatid on left and Hercules on right. At top is a skull with a triple crown and the crowns and headgear of popes, cardinals, emperors and peers on either side. At bottom is a skull and cross-bones with tools of industry on the left and weapons of war on right.--Adapted from Pennington.

This print was made with two separate plates - one for the central scene and one for the decorative border.

Pennington, R. Descriptive catalogue of the etched work of Wenceslaus Hollar, 255 (center plate), 233B (border)

Belgium -- Antwerp.

ART Box H737.5 no.23 pt.5r (size L)

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