A kneeling woman presents a letter to a man seated on a canopied throne.

[Augsburg], [1531]

1 print : woodcut on paper ; 9.7 x 16 cm

print published in: Des hochberumptesten Geschicht schreybers Justini, warhafftige Hystorien. (b31038578)

Mounted with 3335845i and 3335851i

This work is untitled: the title has been supplied by the cataloguer.

Possibly Antigone of Macedonia presenting a letter to Cassander, the son of Antipater, a Macedonian general and statesman under Philip II of Macedon and his son Alexander the Great; A man peers out of the arched windows behind through which a ship can be seen sailing; an arched doorway to the left; the illustration is bordered both sides by decorative features including a skeleton and hour glass on the right, symbols of the inevitability of death.

Wellcome Collection 3335850i