Type/Technique

Emblems

Images

  • An elderly man taunted by a skeleton, as he sits and ponders in a vanitas conceit. Woodcut by Tobias Stimmer, 1580.
  • A sick old woman, sitting supported by pillows as a skeleton pounces aiming his spear at her eyes. Woodcut by Tobias Stimmer, 1580.
  • A sumptuously dressed lady gestures towards a mid-air battle between winged fools; small injured figures fall from a bird-house like edifice. Woodcut by Tobias Stimmer, 1580.
  • A woman striking a pose in masque costume, with a stork or crane. Woodcut by T. Stimmer, 1580.
  • Fame blows her trumpet: below, a man and his dog ride on a sleigh drawn by giant lobsters or crayfish. Woodcut by J. Amman, 1579.

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