This is a drawing of a funerary monument. The drawing features an elaborate tomb or catafalque with an effigy of a figure lying beneath a grand archway. The monument is detailed with columns, coat of arms, heraldic symbols, decorative motifs, and a lion figure on top of the archway. Inscriptions and verses are found at the base of the monument, presented in mirror-flipped text. The composition conveys regal majesty and solemnity.
Artwork Details
- Date
- published 1620
- Medium
- engraving
- Dimensions
- 8850 × 11957 px
- Public Domain
- Yes
- Museum Record
- View original