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Armorial and Allegorical Mirror Frame

CultureDutch
Titles
  • Armorial and Allegorical Mirror Frame
Date17th century
MediumWalnut
DimensionsOverall: 22 1/2 × 19 in. (57.2 × 48.3 cm)
At opening: 13 1/4 × 10 1/2 in. (33.7 × 26.7 cm)
Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston
Object numberBF.2014.4
Not on view

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DescriptionWith its winged hourglass, skulls and crossbones, and skeletons with shovels, this frame reminds anyone who looks into the mirror that time flies, bodies age, and death awaits everyone.
Provenance[Tomasso Brothers, London]; purchased by the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, 2014.

Exhibition History"Two-Eyed Seeing: Contemporary Pasts and Futures at the Blaffer Art Museum," Blaffer Art Museum at the University of Houston, December 9–December 17, 2023. (OL.1658)

"Old Masters" The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, May 4-Nov. 23,2024 [Fourth Installation/Light-Sensitive Rotation: Beck Building 201-8, 210-212,217: No Catalog]

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