Figure of a Child with a Skull and Hour-Glass

Italian

V&A (Victoria & Albert Museum)

1475 - 1500

Child rests his elbow on an hourglass and holds a skull on his right knee. A snake issuing from the skull coils round the boy's arm. The inscription is a reminder of mortality.

• Medium: bronze
• Dimensions: 12 x 15 cm
• Art Fund Grant: £609 ( Total: £609)
• ArtFunded in: 1936

Provenance

Henry Oppenheimer

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