CIRCLE OF HANS BALDUNG, Called GRIEN
An Allegory of Death
Year
c. 1500
Medium
Oil on panel, probably pine or lime
Dimensions
75.2 x 52.1 cm
29 5/8 x 20 1/2 in.
Signed and dated
Inscribed across the upper half: CORPUS MARCESSET SI/SIVIS.TV.PPETVO.VIVES SIC
VOLVVNT/PARCE/STA/HEV.MORIAR
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Provenance
Probably executed for a member of the von Metsch family, Germany (their coat of armsdepicted in the lower right corner)Anonymous sale, Paris, Sotheby’s 3 December 2020, lot 19 (as Netherlandish School, 16 thCentury)Where acquired by the previous owner, United Kingdom until 2023Anonymous sale, Sotheby’s, 7 December 2023, lot 3
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