Four scholars amidst broken tombs (Temporalitas Aeternitas)

Four scholars amidst broken tombs (Temporalitas Aeternitas)
 1645

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
etching
Catalogue/s Raisonné
B25 Percy E.13
Accession Number
1455-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1925
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Human Figures Philosophy, Scholarship, Learning and Teaching
Subjects (specific)
memory (psychological concept) mortality reading (activity) scholars tombs

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Essay
A Bernini self-portrait?

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