Death's Coat of Arms (Primary Title)
Mortalium Nobilitas (Series Title)
Dance of Death (Series Title Translation)

Wenceslaus Hollar, Bohemian, 1607 - 1677, active in Germany, Flanders, and England (Artist)

1651
Bohemian
Prints
Works On Paper
Etching printed in black ink on laid paper, mounted on laid paper, bound in a leather collector's album
Sheet: 4 5/8 × 3 5/8 in. (11.75 × 9.21 cm)
Plate: trimmed within plate marks
2011.27.1
Not on view
Unsigned
Inscribed in graphite beneath image lower right: "frontispiece". Inscribed in graphite on verso, in lower right corner: "frontispiece". Inscribed in grey ink in center upper margin of verso: " 1 ".
Purchased as a gift of Frank Raysor
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

Some object records are not complete and do not reflect VMFA's full and current knowledge. VMFA makes routine updates as records are reviewed and enhanced.