Johann Caspar Lavater: allegorical mourners at his tomb. Etching by J.H. Lips, ca. 1801.
- Lips, Johann Heinrich, 1758-1817.
- Date:
- 1801
- Reference:
- 2200315i
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Above, two angels in the light of the setting sun acclaim a circle of stars which is suspended over Lavater's tomb. On the front of the tomb is a portrait of Lavater in a circular frame bordered with laurel. Below, the worm Ouroboros with a butterfly and a shell (?). Left, a woman and two children mourning; right, an angel with a down-turned torch
Publication/Creation
1801
Physical description
1 print : etching, with line engraving ; platemark 37.8 x 26.5 cm
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Lettering
I.C. Lavater. geb. 15 Nov. 1741. gest. 2 Ian. 1801. H. Lips del. et sculp.
References note
Joachim Kruse, Johann Heinrich Lips, 1758-1817, ein Zürcher Kupferstecher zwischen Lavater und Goethe, [Coburg] : Die Kunstsammlungen, [1989], no. 247
Reference
Wellcome Collection 2200315i
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