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Italian 16th Century

Allegory of Vanity (Death Surprising a Woman), 16th century

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Medium

engraving

Dimensions

sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 35.9 x 25.2 cm (14 1/8 x 9 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Catalogue Raisonné

Bartsch, no. 1

Accession Number

1961.17.6

Artists / Makers

Italian 16th Century (artist)

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Exhibition History

1990: Eva/Ave: Woman in Renaissance and Baroque Prints, NGA, 1990, no. 134, repro.

2000: Fortune: "All is But Fortune", The Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C., 2000, no. 18.

2017: The Boundless Vanity of All: Ecclesiastes - Images and Ideas, Museum of the Bible, Washington, DC, 2017.

Bibliography

1802: Bartsch, Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna, 1802-1821: Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna: J.V. Degen, 1802-1821.

1990: Russell 1990, cat.no.134.

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