Inv. 708 (lost)
Three figures in a turreted building; young lady holding a bird (Youth); naked old woman with slippers holding a flower (Old Age); lion lying at her feet; skeleton (Death) holding a shovel and an arrow; vermin; worms. Inscription: 'COGITA MORI'.
Palmettes.
Vöge 1900: Netherlandish, c. 1500.
Dokumentation 2006: Netherlands, c. 1500. 19th century according to C. Theuerkauff.
Attribution
Unknown
Object Condition
Three holes in the base and on the edge.
Comments
This piece may have provided the base for a reliquary or a crucifix (Vöge 1900).
Provenance
Acquired in 1853 by the Kunstkammer; undocumented after 7 April 1945 (but maybe already missing by 1902).
Bibliography
W. Vöge, Die Königlichen Museen zu Berlin. Beschreibung der Bildwerke der christlichen Epochen. Zweite Auflage. Elfenbeinwerke (Berlin, 1900), p. 83, no. 178.
Dokumentation der Verluste. Skulpturensammlung, VII: Skulpturen, Möbel (Berlin, 2006), no. 708.
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