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Print, Triumph of Death with three fates in an architectural frame above a wheel of fortune flanked by skeletons; a skull and an hour glass at top and with wheel intended to spin at center
This is a Print. It was print maker: Andrea Andreani. It is dated 1588 and we acquired it in 1960. Its medium is chiaroscuro woodcut from three blocks in brown ink. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
It is credited Museum purchase through gift of L. Boyd and Ann McQuarrie Hatch.
It is inscribed
Lettered throughout; on plaque at bottom center: 'Primum quidem durum, quia seio memoriturum. / Secundum uerò plango, quid moriat, et neseio quando, / Testium autem flebo. quia nescio ubi manebo.'; at lower left 'Ill.mi D. Petro Caballo I.C. Pontrem' Relig. D. / Steph. ordinisq milie: Ser.mi M.D. Hetr: Auditori / [...] Iob: ortuna Fortunius Inuen' Senis / MDLXXXVIII'
Cite this object as
Print, Triumph of Death with three fates in an architectural frame above a wheel of fortune flanked by skeletons; a skull and an hour glass at top and with wheel intended to spin at center; Print Maker: Andrea Andreani (Italian, 1558/1559 - 1629); Italy; chiaroscuro woodcut from three blocks in brown ink; Museum purchase through gift of L. Boyd and Ann McQuarrie Hatch; 1960-180-1
