CC0 · no rights reserved
Hans Bol
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Hans Bol (1534–1593) was active in Antwerp as a painter, etcher, and miniaturist. He is shown here at the age of 58, the last year of his life. The skull and the upside-down torches in the ornamental frame are evidence that the engraving was made after Bol's death.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineHans Bol, 1593. Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558–1617). Engraving; sheet: 26 x 17.8 cm (10 1/4 x 7 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Malcolm L. McBride by exchange and gift in memory of Paul H. Oppman, Sr., from his family, 1986.25
