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Engraving of a winged Fame blowing trumpets over ruins, with a seated woman beside a skull and inscribed tomb and Latin text below.

Allegory of Fame and History, from The Roman Heroes

A winged figure of Fame blows two trumpets above a ruined landscape, while a seated woman with a pen and a book sits beside a skull and an inscribed tomb. A small dog and a bird appear nearby, and Latin verses fill the lower margin of this engraving.

Artist
Hendrick Goltzius
Date
1586
Medium
Engraving on ivory laid paper
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 2684 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1586).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Charles Hack and the Hearn Family Trust Collection, purchased with funds provided by the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial, Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston, anonymous, and Suzanne Searle Dixon endowment funds

Español: Alegoría de la Fama y la Historia, de Los héroes romanos

Una figura alada de la Fama sopla dos trompetas sobre un paisaje de ruinas, mientras una mujer sentada con una pluma y un libro se apoya junto a un cráneo y una tumba con inscripción. Cerca aparecen un perro pequeño y un ave, y versos latinos llenan el margen inferior de este grabado.

Português: Alegoria da Fama e da História, de Os Heróis Romanos

Uma figura alada da Fama toca duas trombetas sobre uma paisagem de ruínas, enquanto uma mulher sentada, com uma pena e um livro, fica ao lado de uma caveira e de um túmulo com inscrição. Um pequeno cão e um pássaro aparecem por perto, e versos em latim preenchem a margem inferior desta gravura.

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