Detail View: Rylands Collection: Memento Mori

Image Number: 
JRL1410535
Reference Number: 
Holtorp Box 9/ Folder 2/ Sheet 1
Image Title: 
Memento Mori
Alternative Image Title: 
Death & the Devil Surprising Two Women
Creator: 
Hopfer, Daniel, approximately 1470-1536
Creator Role: 
Artist
Date Created: 
16th century [early]
Description: 
A woman is followed by Death holding an hourglass and a skull. Behind Death is a devil. The etching is inscribed with the initials D. H.
Subject: 
Death
Category of Material: 
Printed
Technique Used: 
Etching (printing process)
Medium: 
Ink
Support: 
Paper
Time Period Covered: 
16th Century CE
Current Repository: 
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance: 
Holtorp Collection
Rights Holder - Image: 
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work: 
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights: 
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Copyright of The University of Manchester
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd): 
2014-04-03
Image Creation Technique: 
Digital capture by Gten
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm): 
2014-06
Metadata Language: 
eng-GB