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This painting shares close similarities with a very small group of works which include 'The Allegory of Man' and 'The Allegory of the Wise and Foolish Virgins' (in the Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Copenhagen). Among the artists associated with their production are Hans Eworth, Lucas de Heere and Joris Hoefnagel, but this painting cannot be ascribed with certainty to any of these.
Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
Stratford-upon-Avon
Title
Death and the Maiden
Date
c.1570
Medium
oil on panel
Measurements
H 65 x W 49 cm
Accession number
SBT 1993-30
Acquisition method
purchased, 1993
Work type
Painting
Inscription description
inscribed: MORS / ULTIMA / LINEA RERUM EST
Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
Henley Street, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire CV37 6QW England
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