Allegory of Fame and History
Allegory of Fame and History
Allegory of Fame and History
Allegory of Fame and History

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Allegory of Fame and History,

1586

Hendrick Goltzius, 1558–1617; born Mülbracht, Netherlands; died Haarlem, Netherlands
x1934-1293

Information

Title
Allegory of Fame and History
Dates

1586

Maker
Hendrick Goltzius
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
plate (sheet trimmed inside plate): 37 × 23.2 cm (14 9/16 × 9 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Junius S. Morgan, Class of 1888
Object Number
x1934-1293
Place Made

Europe, Netherlands

Inscription
Latin distich on tombstone bottom center: Omnia morte cadunt ... exhuasta Posteritate viget. Signed and dated in plate, lower center: HGoltzius fecit. / Ao. 1586 Eight Latin distichs in two columns in margin: Vita hominum breuis ... Marte tuetur auos. Signed, lower right corner: F. Estius composuit
Marks/Labels/Seals
Inscribed in brown ink below plate, lower right: 107
Reference Numbers
Bartsch 95; Hollstein 170; New Hollstein 172
Culture
Dutch, European
Type
engravings, prints
Materials
printing ink
Techniques
engraving (printing process)
Subject
skull (skeleton component), figures (representations), keys (texts), allegories, French horns, buildings, books, books, graves, ruins, women, donkeys

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