Side 1: head of a man (Old Age).
Side 2: skull (Death); worms; vermin; spider; lizard.
Engraved German inscription in Gothic script on a scroll: 'vado mori al.hernach.f.k.1504.'
Museum's opinion 2012: German, 1504
Attribution Unknown
Reverse Carved in the round.
Provenance From the Kunstkammer of the Dukes of Württemberg.
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