Giovanni Fortuna

Italian, 1535 - 1611

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This is a detailed drawing with macabre and allegorical motifs. It features skeletal and classical elements. The central design includes two putti on an arch with a skull emblem and a skeletal figure below. Flanking the arch are obelisks with Latin inscriptions. Below, there is a segmented wheel with scenes or symbols, encircled by Latin phrases. Near the bottom, an altar-like structure with Latin inscriptions, skulls, and bones suggests the theme of mortality. The artwork seems to be influenced by Renaissance memento mori imagery.
Andrea Andreani, Allegory on Death, chiaroscuro woodcut, Rosenwald Collection, 1943.3.854

Allegory on Death

Andrea Andreani · · chiaroscuro woodcut ·  Accession ID  1943.3.854