Rouwende vrouw bij een grafmonument 1789

Reinier Vinkeles's "Rouwende vrouw bij een grafmonument" (1789) is a poignant black and white engraving depicting a grieving woman in a cemetery setting. The woman is seated by a grave monument, leaning on a sarcophagus while holding a sheet of paper in her lap. Surrounding the grave are symbols of mortality, such as a skull, an hourglass, and a withered tree. The composition emphasizes the woman's grief and the permanence of death. The etching is now on display at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.