{"product_id":"15968-beham-barthel-kilian-lucas-mors-omnia-aequat","title":"[Beham, Barthel. (1502 - 1540)] Kilian, Lucas. (1579 - 1637) Mors omnia aequat (Death equalises all)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCopper engraving, 1614. 57 x 80 mm (plate mark); 65 x 92 mm (full sheet). \u003c\/span\u003eSigned 'K.1614' on a tablet at upper left and lettered at upper right: 'MORS OMNIA AEQUAT'.\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReverse copy after Barthel Beham (Pauli 36). \u003c\/span\u003eHollstein 559. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eA striking print showing three skulls and two thigh bones lying on the floor, a fourth skull piled on top at left, at upper right the strongly foreshortened image of a dead baby boy with an hourglass by his side. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eBartel Beham was \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eborn into a family of \u003c\/span\u003eartists\u003cspan\u003e in \u003c\/span\u003eNuremberg\u003cspan\u003e. Learning his art from his elder brother, and \u003c\/span\u003eAlbrecht Dürer\u003cspan\u003e, he was particularly active as an engraver during the 1520s, creating tiny works of magnificent detail, positioning him in the German printmaking school known as the \"\u003c\/span\u003eLittle Masters\u003cspan\u003e\". \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 1525, along with his brother and \u003c\/span\u003eGeorg Pencz\u003cspan\u003e, the so-called \u003c\/span\u003e\"godless painters\"\u003cspan\u003e, he was banished from \u003c\/span\u003eLutheran\u003cspan\u003e Nuremberg for asserting his disbelief in \u003c\/span\u003ebaptism\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003eChrist\u003cspan\u003e, or \u003c\/span\u003etransubstantiation\u003cspan\u003e. Although later pardoned, he moved to \u003c\/span\u003eCatholic\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eMunich\u003cspan\u003e to work for the \u003c\/span\u003eBavarian\u003cspan\u003e dukes \u003c\/span\u003eWilliam IV\u003cspan\u003eand Ludwig X. Whilst there, his exceptional talent established him as one of Germany's principal portrait painters, favoured by distinguished patrons such as Emperor \u003c\/span\u003eCharles V\u003cspan\u003e.  The present engraving by the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGerman engraver\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Lucas Kilian is based on his original conception of this image which was conceived in reverse orientation. \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093601767583,"sku":"15968","price":2500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Mors_Omnia_Aequat_15968_01.png?v=1722189115","url":"https:\/\/www.schubertiademusic.com\/products\/15968-beham-barthel-kilian-lucas-mors-omnia-aequat","provider":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}