Two men in conversation, next to a sarcophagus upon which a skeleton rests; a tree grows from the skeleton; banderole with inscription around the tree; seascape with rocky coast in the background; the sun as a face above it; initials "I.D."

Used by

John Day — 1561×1

dpd_1667

Two men in conversation, next to a sarcophagus upon which a skeleton rests; a tree grows from the skeleton; banderole with inscription around the tree; seascape with rocky coast in the background; the sun as a face above it; initials "I.D."

POST FVNERA VIRTVS VIVET TAMEN (LA)

Iconclass notations

24A6 sun represented as face, wheel, etc.

25G3(+1) trees (+ plants used symbolically)

25H131 rocky coast

31A21 (human) skeleton

31D14 adult man

31F26 Death as skeleton

33A35 conversation, dialogue; conversation piece

42E33 sarcophagus

42E351(+0) effigy, 'gisant' (portrait-figure on closed coffin or in 'castrum doloris'), transi (+ variant)

49L73 banderole

49L8 inscription

86(POST FUNERA VIRTUS VIVET TAMEN) proverbs, sayings, etc. (POST FUNERA VIRTUS VIVET TAMEN)

86(ETSI MORS, INDIES ACCELERAT) proverbs, sayings, etc. (ETSI MORS, INDIES ACCELERAT)