A Still Life Of Hawking Paraphernalia By Huybert Van Westhoven, 17th Century
A Still Life Of Hawking Paraphernalia By Huybert Van Westhoven, 17th Century
c86:
Taken from an anthology entitled Prince of Darkness, 1946
The illustrations are details from The Temptation of St Anthony, an etching by Jacques Callot, 1630
- Altar Frontal, Peru, 17th century. TM 91.412. Acquired by George Hewitt Myers in 1944.
This is a tapestry-woven panel. The center-right skeleton wears a Papal crown, and the left skeleton wears a royal crown. The date is thought to be about 1621 because in that year both the king of Spain and the pope died.
Louis Finson, The Four Elements, 1611, found here