LOT DETAILS

Materials:

watercolor

Measurements:

8.00 in. (20.32 cm.) (height) by 12.75 in. (32.39 cm.) (width)

Description:

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Markings:

Inscribed (translated from German) in ink: Oh dear man / Whatever you do, remember that you / must die. Oh how short life is and / therefore, therefore remember / in certainty / when you go with life and soul, for / death is certain, only the day, the hour can / no one know / therefore remember surely / where you always take your life / keep / God before your eyes and remember / there with that each hour / may be / the last; for even if we were as / wise as Solomon and as handsome / as Absalom, and had all the riches / of Alexander the Great and / the courage of the Roman emperor / and as the Turkish emperor / his kingdom, / we must still all die. Death’s arrow has / the power, it strikes the rich, poor, handsome,/ young, and old. 1834

Provenance:

Parke E. Edwards; Pennypacker Auction Center, Reading, Pennsylvania, "The Collection of Parke E. Edwards," April 28, 1969, lot 439; Jack Lamb, Kutztown, Pennsylvania, 1969