"The Mirrour which flatters not", originally created by John Payne (1639).
The engraving is featured in "The Mirror Which Flatters Not" (Le Miroir qui ne flatte point), a poetic meditation on the subject of death, written by French writer Jean Puget de la Serre (1632).
• Adorned on a pine board, with quotes on each side taken from the book:
-"All the mirrours of the world flatter, except this of our miseries."
-"We can not better contemplate any thing, then in the Mirrour of our Nothing."
-"MEMENTO MORI"
• Dimensions: 26 x 14,5 x 1,8cm
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