Keywords: Nascendo morimur - maarten van heemskerck - Koblenz.JPG en Painting of baby with skull This type of painting is known as a Nascendo Morimur which could be translated as ˜As we are born we die This was a popular theme in Flanders and Germany during the 16th century Mittelheim museum Koblenz creator Marten van Heemskerck 1540 Cornelis van der Goude who is said to have studied under Heemskerk created a similar piece in the same pose Maarten van Heemskerck Nascendo Nascendo Morimur Heemskerck Collections of the Mittelrhein-Museum in Koblenz PD-old-100 |