R651: The Aged Gathering Around the Angel of Death and a Skeleton

Identification and Creation

Object Number

R651

People

Agostino Veneziano, Italian (Venice c. 1490 - after 1536 Rome)
After Baccio Bandinelli, Italian (Gaiole in Chianti, Italy 1488 - 1560 Florence, Italy)

Title

The Aged Gathering Around the Angel of Death and a Skeleton

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1518

Culture

Italian

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/246247

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Engraving

Dimensions

sheet: 30.5 x 50.7 cm (12 x 19 15/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: AVGVSTINVS•VENETVS•DE•MVSIS•FACIEBAT 1518 A•V

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

John Witt Randall, bequest to his sister.
Belinda Lull Randall, sister of John Witt Randall, gift to Harvard University, 1892.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number

B.424

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall

Object Number

R651

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), pp. 64-65, cat. no. 38, 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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