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Print, Memora Mortes

This is a Print. It is dated 1691 and we acquired it in 1931. Its medium is engraving on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Sarah Cooper Hewitt and Eleanor Garnier Hewitt. It is credited Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

32.1 × 23.1 cm (12 5/8 × 9 1/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed on socle of tondo: INGREDIMVR CVNCTI, DIVES CUM P .. A .. VPERE MIXTVS; upper right corner: 2

Cite this object as

Print, Memora Mortes; Italy; engraving on paper; 32.1 × 23.1 cm (12 5/8 × 9 1/8 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1931-94-234

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