Updated 14 May 2025
Currently not on display
Currently not on display
Allegory of Life
| Date | 1561 |
|---|---|
| Materials and Techniques | Engraving |
| Size（cm） | 38.0 x 54.1 |
| State | 2 / VI |
| Inscriptions | On a tablet, bottom left: "RAPHAELIS VRBINATIS INVENTVM. / PHILIPPVS DATVS ANIMI GRATIA / FIERI IVSSIT."; On a tablet at center, near the man's feet: "SEDET AETERNVM / QVE SEDEBIT IFOELIX"; On a small tablet in the boat: "GIORGIVS / GHISI MAT/ .F. 1.5.6.1."; On a tablet, bottom right, below the foot of the female figure: "TV NE CEDE MALIS: SED / COTRA AVDENTIOR ITO"; On the verso: "P. Mariette 1692" |
| Standard ref. | Bartsch XV, 412, 67 |
| Category | Prints |
| Collection Number | G.2013-0001 |
Provenance
Purchased by NMWA, 2014.
Exhibition History
- 2023
- Villains in the Frame, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 27 June 2023 - 3 September 2023, cat. no. 26
Bibliography
- 2015
- Annual Bulletin of the National Museum of Western Art. No. 48 (Apr. 2013-Mar. 2014), 2015, List of New Acquisitions. p. 12.