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

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Design for a wall tomb featuring the 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. Top corners of paper cut round.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Print Maker
Andrea Andreani, Italian, 1558/1559 - 1629
Date
1588
Credit Line
Museum purchase through gift of L. Boyd and Ann McQuarrie Hatch
Medium
Chiaroscuro woodcut from three blocks in brown ink
Type
architecture
Object Name
Print
Type
Print
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