Sujet

The Triumph of Death

Légende

The Triumph of Death. The Dream of Life. Knights celebrating a hunt suddenly find three open coffins. One of the corpses is reduced to a skeleton. The other two are half-decomposed. Chromolithography after a fresco by Andrea Orcagna, 14th century, in the cloister of the Camposanto in Pisa. ""Vie Militaire et Religigieuse Au Moyen Age et a l'Epoque de la Renaissance"". Paris, 1877.

Date

1877

Crédit

Photo12/Universal Images Group

Notre référence

UMG24A00_233

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

43,3Mo (2,2Mo) / 43,2cm x 25,1cm / 5100 x 2966 (300dpi)

Mots clés

women coffins death corpses bodies skeleton decomposition Triumph of Death Dream of Life fresco cemetery Camposanto Italy knights nobles nobility dogs hunting horses Europe European society Andrea Orcagna chromolithography servants elderly people men women