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Les Armoiries à tête de mort
- Date
- 1861
- Medium
- Albumen silver print
- Department
- Photographs
- Institution
- Getty Museum
- Object ID
- af30b3fb-f611-4284-ace2-94086da4def7
From LinkedCulture
A human skull sits at the heart of a heraldic coat of arms, flanked by a noblewoman in a long gown and a bearded man leaning close behind her, his hand gripping a staff. Above them, a winged helmet rises with dense scrollwork, making mortality the centerpiece of courtly display. This 1861 albumen silver print by Bisson Frères reproduces Albrecht Dürer's engraving from around 1503, and it represents the nineteenth century's drive to bring rare masterworks of printmaking to wider audiences through photography.
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From the Getty Museum record
Reproduction of an engraving by Albrecht Dürer depicting a woman standing beside a large coat of arms featuring a helmet with wings and scrollwork above a banner with a skull. A bearded man stands behind the woman with his head tilted towards her and a staff in one hand.
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