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Johann Caspar Lavater: allegorical mourners at his tomb

Title: Johann Caspar Lavater: allegorical mourners at his tomb
Subject: allegorical print; death; putti; angels; ouroboros; Johann Caspar Lavater; line engraving; etching
Descriptive Note: Two putti fly above poet Johann Lavater's tomb, holding a wreath of stars, with the sun setting behind them. On the front of the tomb is a protrait of Lavatere encircled by a wreath. Beneath the portrait is an ouroboros enclircling a butterfly and a shell. To the left is a woman and two children mourning, and to the right, an angel with a downturned torch
Creator: Lips, J.H.
Material: paper; ink
Technqiue Name: etching; line engraving
place of creation: unknown
Date Created: 1801
Dimensions: 37.8 cm x 26.5 cm
place of exhibition: London, United Kingdom