A rare etching, by Rembrant, of a youthful couple surprized by Death. Date, 1639. Upright, 4¼ by 3.
Rembrant’s “Hour of Death.” An old man sitting in a tent is visited by a young female. He points to a figure of Death with spade and hour-glass. Upright, 5¼ by 3½.
An engraving by De Bry. In the middle, an oblong oval, representing a marriage, Death attending. On the sides, grotesques of apes, goats, &c. At bottom, S. P. and these lines:
Ordo licet reliquos sit præstantissimus inter
Conjugium, heu nimium sæpe doloris habet.
Oblong, 5½ by 2¼.
Its companion—Death digging a grave for an old man, who looks into it. Psal. 49 and 90.
An engraving by Crispin de Pas of Death standing behind an old man, who endeavours, by means of his money spread out upon a table, to entice a young female, who takes refuge in the arms of her young lover. At bottom, the following dialogue.
Senex.
Nil aurei? nil te coronati juvant?
Argenteis referto bulga nil movet?
Mors.
Varios quid at Senex amores expetis:
Tumulum tuæ finemque vitæ respice.
Juvenis.
Quid aureorum me beabit copia.
Amore si privata sim dulcissimo.
Its companion—Death with his hour-glass stands behind an old woman, who offers money to a youth turning in disdain to his young mistress. At bottom, these lines:
Juvenis.
Facie esse quid mihi gratius posset tua
Ipsius haud Corinthi gaza divitis.
Vetula.
Formam quid ah miselle nudam respicis
Cum plus beare possit auri copia.
Mors.
At tu juventa quid torquêre frustra anus
Quin jam sepulchri instantis es potius memor.