Spiegel om wel te sterven : aanwyzende met prentverbeeldingen van het lyden onzes zaligmakers Jesu Christi : alles wat een zieke betaamt om gelukkig te sterven, volgens de woorden Philipp I, verse 21
A Dutch devotional book titled Spiegel om wel te sterven, published in Amsterdam in 1694 by Johannes Stichter, with text by David de la Viña and etchings by Romeyn de Hooghe, meant as a guide for the dying and their companions. The prints show a sickbed scene repeated across the plates: a canopied bed, a dying figure, a winged angel or cherubs in clouds, and crowds of mourners in the room. A designer could draw on the strong diagonal staging of the bed, the framed devotional paintings hung in the clouds, and the fine crosshatched etching lines.
