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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G7519
People
Andrea Andreani, Italian (1558/59 - 1629)
After Giovanni Fortuna, Italian (1535-1611)
Title
Allegory of Death
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1588
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/276722

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Chiaroscuro woodcut
Dimensions
sheet: 50.2 x 33.7 cm (19 3/4 x 13 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • collector's mark: Lugt No. 2212, Cav. Gian-Carlo Rossi
    Rome, 2nd half of 19th century
    Sale 1886, Stuttgart

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Cav. Gian-Carlo Rossi, Rome (2212), army officer, collector, collection sold at HG Gutekunst, Stuttgart, 1886. Sale date, March 17, 1886.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
B. XII, XIII, no. 13 (135)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gray Collection of Engravings Fund
Object Number
G7519
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Patricia Emison, The Simple Art: Printed Images in an Age of Magnificence, exh. cat., The Art Gallery, University of New Hampshire (Durham, New Hampshire, 2006), repr. on p. 10 [detail], pp.65-66, cat. no. 39, repr.

Exhibition History

  • The Simple Art: Printed Images in an Age of Magnificence, The Art Gallery, University of New Hampshire, Durham, 09/06/2006 - 10/18/2006; Thorne Sagendorph Art Gallery, Keene, 11/09/2006 - 12/10/2006

Verification Level

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