Lucas Furtenagel - The Painter Hans Burgkmair and His Wife Anna (1527)
Limewood, 60 x 52 cm
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemaeldegalerie, Vienna
- written on the side of the mirror’s frame: “Erken dich selbst” “Know thyself”
- written on the front side: “O, mors” “Oh, Mores”
- written on the handle: “Hoffnung für die Welt?” “Hope of the world”
“Sollche Gestalt unser baider was. Im Spiegel nix aber das dan”
“Such was the Form (Shape) of us. But in the Mirror, nothing left of it”
Source: Flickr / centralasian
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