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Techniques and Reception of Prints in Central and Eastern Europe (15th–18th c.)

Things – T92685

Allegory of Death

In Ulrich Rhaetus Faber, Epicedion siue Naenia funebris in obitum Rudolphi Agricolae, poetae et oratoris a Caesare coronati, Cracouiae anno 1521, Cracow: Hieronim Wietor (printer), 1521 (Warsaw, BN), fol. A1r

fol. A1r (1 of 1 in-Urus figures)

Details

Matrices

Allegory of Death (Wietor)

Actors

Hieronim Wietor (ca 1480 - ca 1546) printer : 1521

Places

Cracow production place : 1521

Design

Allegory of Death (Wietor) ◼

Expert view

Iconography description

Death as skeleton with scythe (Iconclass: 31FF26(+4))

References

Web resources

digital copy (Polona)

Credits

Created by

Grażyna Jurkowlaniec (2025-12-26 06:48)

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Grażyna Jurkowlaniec

Last update by

Grażyna Jurkowlaniec (2025-12-26 06:51)