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Allegory of the Transience of Life

Conrad Meyer  (Swiss, Zürich 1618–1689 Zürich)

Date:
1651
Medium:
Pen and black ink
Dimensions:
sheet: 4 1/16 x 6 3/16 in. (10.3 x 15.7 cm)
Classification:
Drawings
Credit Line:
Purchase, Jean A. Bonna Gift, 2007
Accession Number:
2007.223.26
  • Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

    Signature: In pen and black ink: Conrad Meÿer Maaler

    Inscription: In pen and black ink on the recto: Seinen hoch ehrend hern/ Johan Rudolff Werdmüller/ macht dis zu ginstigen/ an gedanken im/ Zürich dem 14. October/ A° 1651 Conrad Meÿer Maaler

  • Provenance

    Hans Wilpert Zoller (Swiss, Zurich 1673–1757 Zurich); Wilhelm von Muralt- von Planta (1845–1937); Hans Rohr Buchhandlung und Antiquariat zum Oberdorf, Zurich ; Auktionshaus Stuker, Bern, November 28, 2006, no. 9060; Vendor: Galerie Arnoldi-Livie (Munich)

  • References

    Stijn Alsteens, Freyda Spira Dürer and Beyond: Central European Drawings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1400-1700. New York, 2012, cat. 93 (entry written by Freyda Spira); p. xi, xiv (introduction written by Stijn Alsteens), ill.



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