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Marco Dente
Allegory of Death and Fame ("The Skeletons")1518-25

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Engraving on cream paper depicting a dense crowd of nude figures surrounding two large winged skeletons in a cave-like setting, with fine cross-hatched lines and high tonal contrast

Marco Dente, Baccio Bandinelli, The Skeletons, 1518-25, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Mary Stansbury Ruiz Bequest, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Marco Dente
Italy, Ravenna, c. 1486 - 1527
After
Giovanni Battista di Jacopo Rosso, called Rosso Fiorentino
Italian, Florence, 1494 - 1540
Publisher
Antonio Salamanca
Italy, circa 1500-1562
After
Baccio Bandinelli
Italy, Gaiole in Chianti, 1493-1560
Title
Allegory of Death and Fame ("The Skeletons")
Place Made
Italy
Date Made
1518-25
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 11 3/8 × 17 3/8 in. (28.89 × 44.13 cm) Image: 11 3/8 × 17 3/8 in. (28.89 × 44.13 cm)
Credit Line
Mary Stansbury Ruiz Bequest
Accession Number
M.88.91.20a
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Selected Bibliography

  • Davis, Bruce. Mannerist Prints: International Style in the Sixteenth Century. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1988.