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Memento Mori for Cornelius Nuck

Silver medal depicting two flying genii, one clothed and one nude, sounding horns, each holding a ribbon ending in a tassel and a banner; below, a corpse wrapped in a shroud and resting, head supported by a bolster, on a tomb; beneath, a cartouche flanked by two contorted skeletons

Wouter Muller? (1604–1673)
Memento Mori for Cornelius Nuck (1637–1717), dated 1717
Silver, cast
2 7/8 × 2 5/8 in. (7.38 × 6.72 cm)
Scher Collection

Cat. 81

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