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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M9763
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/257916

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Chiaroscuro woodcut
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: on old mat: Bartsch in error calls this the first state. "On this impression in the upper right hand corner one may see indistinctly a plugged hole where in an earlier state the disc was printed!" W.G.R.A.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Horace M. Swope, St. Louis, New York (2368a)

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
ii/ii

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Horace M. Swope, Class of 1905
Accession Year
1940
Object Number
M9763
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/07/2016 - 05/08/2016

Verification Level

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