Death Carrying a Child on His Back, No. 3 of The Five Deaths series / Stefano della Bella

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Accession Number: 1963/2.48
Title: Death Carrying a Child on His Back, No. 3 of The Five Deaths series
Artist: Stefano della Bella
Artist Nationality: Italian
Artist Life Dates: 1610-1664
Medium and Support: etching and engraving on paper
Object Creation Date: circa 1648
Credit Line: Gift of Jean Paul Slusser
Dimensions: 17.8 cm x 14.6 cm (7 in. x 5 3/4 in.)
Century: 17th century
Primary Keywords: child; death
Secondary Keywords: children; family; how we live; relationships; rites of passage
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Collection: University of Michigan Museum of Art
Image Size: 800 x 960
File Size: 141 KB
Record: 1963/2.48
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In public portfolios: A - Horror Film (100); Children and childhood (267); Death and dying (500); Death personified (47); Fantasy English 341 (23); Fantasy literature - a study room selection (18); Heavens, hells, and afterlives (132); Horror (123); Makman, Sp17 - Fantasy (19); Monsters - a study room selection #1 (19); Monsters, demons, devils, and robots (128); The Divine Comedy (143)

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Full citation: "Death Carrying a Child on His Back, No. 3 of The Five Deaths series; Stefano della Bella." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1963-sl-2.48/1963_2.48.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.