Coat of Arms with a Skull, 1503, Engraving, Plate: 8 11/16 x 6 1/4 in. (22.1 x 15.8 cm), Prints, Albrecht Dürer (German, Nuremberg 1471–1528 Nuremberg), In this stunning engraving, Dürer recast the theme of memento mori in a brilliantly unusual form. The woman in patrician dress is identified by her crown as a bride, but the person who embraces her from behind is a wild man
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Coat, Arms, Skull, 1503, Engraving, Plate, 8 11/16 x 6 1/4, 22.1 15.8 cm, Prints, Albrecht Dürer, German, Nuremberg, 1471–1528, stunning engraving, Dürer recast, theme, memento mori, brilliantly unusual form, woman, patrician dress, identified, crown, bride, person, embraces, wild man
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