Live Auction 5433Old Master & British Pictures & Old Master Drawings
German School, circa 1600
Lot 377

German School, circa 1600

The Triumph of Death: a priest, a soldier of fortune, a lawyer, a farmer, a woman of fashion, and Death

Closed2 December 2008

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GBP 1,000

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German School, circa 1600
The Triumph of Death: a priest, a soldier of fortune, a lawyer, a farmer, a woman of fashion, and Death
Inscribed 'ORO PRO VOBIS OMNIBUS PUGNO PRO VUBIS OMNIB' CONSILI DO PRO VOBIS OMNIBUS ARO PRO VOBUS OMNIBUS DECIPIO VOS ONMES (sic) VOS ONMES (sic) OCCIDO'.
pen and black ink, bodycolour, heightened with gold
6 x 8 7/8 in. (153 x 225 mm.)

Specialist note

The inscriptions under the figures, left to right, may be translated 'I pray for you all, I fight for you all, I give advice to you all, I plough for you all, I deceive you all, I kill you all'.