Allegory of Fame and History, from The Roman Heroes

About this artwork

Status

On View, Gallery 213

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Hendrick Goltzius

Title

Allegory of Fame and History, from The Roman Heroes

Place

Netherlands (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1586

Medium

Engraving on ivory laid paper

Inscriptions

Lettered lower center: "HGoltzius fecit. / Ao. 1586." and below image: "Vita hominum brevis est ... Marte tuetur avos. F. Estius composuit."

Dimensions

Sheet: 37.2 × 23.2 cm (14 11/16 × 9 3/16 in.)

Credit Line

Charles Hack and the Hearn Family Trust Collection, purchased with funds provided by the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial, Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston, anonymous, and Suzanne Searle Dixon endowment funds

Reference Number

2023.891

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