G7519: Allegory of Death

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

Permissions

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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

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