Death's victory parade, 1565

Title

Death's victory parade

Draughtsman

• Maarten van Heemskerck

Period Produced

• 16th century

School

• Renaissance

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• chalk
• Vergé paper
• handmade paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• chalk drawing

Geographic Reference

• Netherlandish

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• autonomous drawing?

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Signiert, datiert und bezeichnet unten links (mit der Feder in Braun): Heemskerck / Inventor / 1565

Captions Added Later

Verso bezeichnet (mit der Feder in Dunkelbraun): e / 90 [?] Heemskerck

Watermark

• Bekröntes Wappen mit Posthorn und Anhang 4 und W [Montierungsbogen]

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• historical narration
• mythological representation

Persons Shown

• Death
• Parcae
• Bacchus
• Venus
• Mars
• Cupid
• Jesus Christ

Primary

• 46C1442 four-wheeled vehicle drawn by two animals
• 31F25(+4) Death as (rotting) corpse (+ Death with scythe)

Secondary

• 46C1463 whip
• 47H311 distaff
• 33C231 arm in arm (lovers)
• 11D121 cross as symbol of Christ