Cœnotaphiorum (19)

Various artists/makers

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Architectural funerary monument consisting of a tomb for a bishop, placed underneath a baldachin supported by Doric columns. The tomb is characterized by sphinxes and has the effigy of a sleeping bishop on top. On the left side of the tomb, a doorway is visible and on the right a small niche with a statue of a bishop is placed. Below the image is a Latin inscription made up out of four lines, divided over two columns.

Cœnotaphiorum (19), Hans Vredeman de Vries (Netherlandish, Leeuwarden 1527–1606 (?)  Antwerp (?)), Etching; first state of four

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