Title: Allegory of the Transience of Life
Object type: Drawing
Date: 1651
Artist:  Conrad Meyer 
Artist bio: Swiss, Zürich 1618–1689 Zürich
Artist nationality: Swiss
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Pen and black ink
Dimensions: sheet: 4 1/16 x 6 3/16 in. (10.3 x 15.7 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit line: Purchase, Jean A. Bonna Gift, 2007
Department: Drawings and Prints
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Swords, term: Skulls, term: Flowers, term: Vases