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VALENTIN
WAGNER
ca. 1610 Dresden (?) – 1655 Dresden |
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Allegory of Vanitas* |
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inscribed with the following mottoes:
„VANITAS VANITATEM ET OMNIA VANITA“; (Vanity of vanities and
everything is vanity)
„HODIE MIHI. CRAS TIBI. ERGO MEMENTO MORI“ (What's to me is today,
tomorrow is to you)
Body colour on parchment, gold, 123 by156 mm. Bears monogram “VW” in a
circle at the bottom right. Once part of a librum amicorum.
Conservation: superb
Provenance: Private Collection Saxony
A similar Allegory of Vanitas by Wagner is kept in the Graphic Cabinet
in Munich (Inv.nr. 21239 Z). Illustrated in: Michael Semff (publisher),
Ein Bildhandbuch – Staatliche Graphische Sammlung München, Passau
2002, page121.
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