Allegory of the Transience of Life
Object type: Drawing
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Christian Richter
Artist bio: German, Altenburg ca. 1585/90–1667 Weimar
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: German
Date: 1618
Medium: Pen and ink, brush and brown, blue and pink wash, heightened with white gouache
Dimensions: sheet: 5 x 5 15/16 in. (12.7 x 15.1 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit line: Purchase, Guy Wildenstein Gift, 2007
Accession year: 2007
Tags: Human Figures|Towers