REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van Rijn
(b. 1606, Leiden, d. 1669, Amsterdam)

Death appearing to a wedded couple from an open grave

1639
Etching, only state, 109 x 79 mm
Teylers Museum, Haarlem

Catalogue number: Bartsch 109.

In this etched allegory, Death and Time take on the form of a skeleton holding up an hourglass to young newly-weds.