Meditation on Death, 16th century

  • Master M. Z., German

Engraving printed in black ink on laid paper

  • Sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 7 1/4 × 5 1/4 inches (18.4 × 13.3 cm)

Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps

09.1S1275

Signed, in plate, lower center: MZ [artist's monogram]

Watermark: outlined in pencil, verso Stamp, in blue, verso: [unidentified stamp] Stamp, verso: Scripps 1885 [added in ink to the stamp] (Lugt Suppl. 2357a]

May 1885, H. Wunderlich & Co. 1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Master M. Z., Meditation on Death, 16th century, engraving printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S1275.