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| Image title: | 206b1: Carriage Pulled By Death. |
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| Source: | Daniel, Howard: “Callot’s Etchings” (1974) |
| Place shown: | none |
| Keywords: | mythical creatures, death, nudity, bare feet, transport, people, greyscale, wallpaper, backgrounds |
| Status: | out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free stock image for all purposes usage credit requested |
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This is a detail from plate 206, “Entrance of Henry of Lorraine, marquess of Moy, under the name of Pirandre” from the series The Combat at the Barrier, 1627. Here in a carriage whose seat is a scallop-shell is a barefoot woman with a spear, holding aloft an orb. Her carriage is pulled by Death, represented as a naked man, winged, carrying an hour-glass and a scythe. |
| Dimensions: | 95 x 60mm (3.7 x 2.4 inches) |
| Filename: | 206b1-entrance-carriage-pulled-by-death-q95-1280x800.jpg |
| Blog image: | http://fromoldbooks.org/r/1G/206b1-entrance-carriage-pulled-by-death-q95-500x313.jpg |
| Blog link: | http://fromoldbooks.org/r/1G/pages/206b1-entrance-carriage-pulled-by-death/ |
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| Engraver: | Jacques Callot |
| Scanner dpi: | 1200 |
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