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Print of stone room with human figures and skeletons

A group of many human figures is gathered among a burial site with headstones and coffins. The figures range from skeletons to fully-formed nude humans, with most being in some stage in between. One coffin in the left foreground is open, with skeletons climbing out of it. Two skeletons in the center stand embracing. Beside them is a man with a bare skull on a fleshy human body. The ground is strewn with skulls and human bones. A group of cherubs is suspended above the scene, holding a long scroll with large Latin text.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2007.35
People
Giorgio Ghisi, Italian (Mantua 1520 - 1582 Mantua)
After Giovanni Battista Bertani, Italian (1516 - 1576)
Title
The Vision of Ezekiel
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1554
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/316090

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
plate: 42 x 68.3 cm (16 9/16 x 26 7/8 in.)
sheet: 48.4 x 73.2 cm (19 1/16 x 28 13/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: l.l., in tablet: IO.BAPTISTA BRITANO MANTVAN' .IN. l.l., beneath tablet: Si Stampano da Gio: Iacomo de Rofsi in Roma alla Pace l.c. Romae

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
William S. Lieberman, bequest; to Harvard Art Museums, 2007

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
vi/vi
Standard Reference Number
Bartsch 69; Bellini 24

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of William S. Lieberman
Accession Year
2007
Object Number
2007.35
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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