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Johann Esaias Nilson
Death

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Engraving on cream paper of a skeleton in tattered cloth riding a galloping horse through clouds, holding a raised scythe, with German title and verse below

Johann Esaias Nilson, Death, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Alfred and Esther Norris, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Johann Esaias Nilson
Germany, Augsburg, 1721-1788
Title
Death
Place Made
Germany
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 8 × 11 3/8 in. (20.32 × 28.89 cm) Image: 4 1/2 × 7 1/2 in. (11.43 × 19.05 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Alfred and Esther Norris
Accession Number
M.83.318.62
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings

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