Allegory of Life

1561

Giorgio Ghisi

Artist, Italian, 1520 - 1582

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 38 x 54.1 cm (14 15/16 x 21 5/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1943.3.9075

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Boorsch/Lewis 1985, no. 28, State iia/vi

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1943

  • Selections from the Rosenwald Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943-1944, pp. 62-63, repro.

1960

  • Master Drawings of the Italian Renaissance, Detroit Institute of Arts, 1960, no. 31.

1984

  • Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., February 1984.

2000

  • The Fantastic in Renaissance Prints and Drawings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2000.

2007

  • Fabulous Journeys and Faraway Places: Travels on Paper, 1450 - 1700, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2007

Bibliography

1802

  • Bartsch, Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna, 1802-1821: Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna: J.V. Degen, 1802-1821.

1985

  • Boorsch, Suzanne and Michal and R.E. Lewis. The Engravings of Giorgio Ghisi. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1985.

Inscriptions

lower center in plate in tablet in boat: GIORGIVS GHISI MAT .F 1.5.6.1.; upper left verso in graphite: 4575; lower left verso in graphite: 4575

Markings

NGA collector's mark with L.R.

Wikidata ID

Q65020149

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