Image
Giorgio Ghisi, engraver
Allegory of Life, 1561
Description
Maker
- Giorgio Ghisi, 1520-1582, Italian, engraver
Title
Allegory of Life
Year
1561
Medium
Engraving, trimmed within platemark
Materials/Techniques
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Materials
Supports
Dimensions
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Plate: 37.8 x 54.1 cm (14 7/8 x 21 5/16 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
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Lettered LL: "Raphaelis Urbinatis Inventum. / Philippus Datus Animi Gratia / Fieri Iussit"; on tablets, within image: "Sedet Aeternum / que Sedebit Infoelix" and "Giorgius / Ghisi / Ma.t / .F. 1.5.6.1"; and LR: "Tu Ne Cede Malis: Sed [...]ntra Audentior Ito"
Identification
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State
ii/vi Type
Credit
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Museum Works of Art Fund
Object Number
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57.032
Projects & Publications
Publications
Exhibition History
Exhibition History
Use
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