Het geopende graf van Mars, ca. 1707-1708 1707 - 1708

"Het geopende graf van Mars" (The Opened Grave of Mars), is an etching by Carel Allard (1648-1709) depicting a funeral procession for the Roman god of war, Mars. Created in 1707-1708, this work is a complex allegory of the Dutch Golden Age, where war and glory were still celebrated. The artwork, now in the Rijksmuseum, features soldiers, a skeleton, and a winged figure, all contributing to a somber and theatrical representation of mortality and the passing of an era.