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| Maker(s): | Huyberts, Cornelis | | Culture: | Dutch (1669 or 1670-ca. 1712)
| | Title: | Een Christen op xyn Sterfbedde [A Christian on his Deathbed]
| | Date Made: | 1712
| | Type: | Print
| | Materials: | Etching and letterpress printing in black ink on ivory paper
| | Place Made: | Europe; Netherlands
| | Measurements: | Mat: 24 in x 18 15/16 in; 60.96 cm x 48.10125 cm; Sheet: 20 in x 13 1/8 in; 50.8 cm x 33.3375 cm
| | Narrative Inscription: | Printer: recto, lwr. ctr. (printed): Te Rotterdam, by Barent Bos Boekverkeoper op't Welft-nieuwland 1712. Inscriptions: recto: lwr. ctr. of image black (printed): C. Huyberts. inv: et. Fecit.; lwr. r. of image block (printed): B. Bos Excudit.
| | Accession Number: | MH 2008.7.4
| | Credit Line: | Purchased with the Teri J. Edelstein Art Acquisition Fund
| | Museum Collection: | Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description: Bottom two-thirds is text in three columns. Image shows a man in a canopy bed to right. Open doorway on right edge with figure emerging. Several people crowd around the bed. Upper center has coulds parting to show cherub with wreath and rays of light. To left is a woman with vanitas items.
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