Caption

Allegory of the transience of life, engraving from the 13th century, facsimile of the 19th century

Date

Oct 28, 2020

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Heinz-Dieter Falkenstein

Reference

BRK25D19_039

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

127.6Mb (4.9Mb) / 23.1in x 21.4in / 6932 x 6433 (300dpi)

Keywords

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