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ID number: BIRBI-2001.1 Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Artist / Maker: Derkzen van Angeren, Antoon (1878-1961) Title / Object name: Two skulls Object type: Print Culture: Dutch Date made: 1908-9 Materials: Etching Measurements: 300 x 397 mm Provenance: Presented to the Trustees of the Barber Institute, 2001 |
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This etching revives the distinctive Dutch seventeenth-century painting category of vanitas still-life. One or more skulls in isolation was a tradition established by Angeren's seventeenth-century predecessor, Hercules Segers (1589/90-1633-38). Inscriptions / Translations: Inscriptions, sale stamps & c: signed in pencil, lower right, outside image line: Ant. Derkzen van Angeren Notes: Exhibited: 'Barber Goes North: Treasures from the Barber Institute', Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal, UK, 15 October 2010 - 15 December 2010; 'Age of Expressionism', Slade School of Art, London, UK, 08 February 2011 - 25 March 2011 |
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