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Watching a Paper-Cut Wind Toy (Memento Mori)

Image credit: College of Optometrists

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A group of four people watching a suspended paper toy (Memento Mori). The scene features a woman with paper-cutting tools, wearing a pair of metal nose spectacles and a man using a quizzing glass.

Possibly signed and dated within the intricate pattern of the paper cutting.

College of Optometrists

London

Title

Watching a Paper-Cut Wind Toy (Memento Mori)

Date

c.1697

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 39 x W 32 cm

Accession number

LDBOA1999.178

Acquisition method

acquired for the British Optical Association, c.1936; acquired by descent to the College of Optometrists, 1980

Work type

Painting

Inscription description

There is a semi-visible inscription cut into the paper object. This includes the Dutch memorial phrase: Gedenk Te Sterven

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College of Optometrists

41–42 Craven Street, London, Greater London WC2N 5NG England

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