Death on Horseback Holding a Trumpet, from "The Five Deaths". No. 1 of a series of 5. / Stefano della Bella

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Accession Number: 1980/2.229
Title: Death on Horseback Holding a Trumpet, from "The Five Deaths". No. 1 of a series of 5.
Artist: Stefano della Bella
Artist Nationality: Italian
Artist Life Dates: 1610-1664
Medium and Support: etching on paper
Object Creation Date: circa 1648
Credit Line: Gift of Mr. Bernard Uhlendorf
Dimensions: 19.05 cm x 15.24 cm (7 1/2 in. x 6 in.)
Century: 17th century
Primary Keywords: death; musical instruments; trumpets
Secondary Keywords: allegory and literature; how we live; music; objects; rites of passage
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Collection: University of Michigan Museum of Art
Image Size: 909 x 1255
File Size: 148 KB
Record: 1980/2.229
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1980-sl-2.229/1980_2.229.jpg

In public portfolios: Death and dying (500); Death personified (47); Heavens, hells, and afterlives (132); Music, Musicians, Musical Instruments (113); The Divine Comedy (143)

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Full citation: "Death on Horseback Holding a Trumpet, from "The Five Deaths". No. 1 of a series of 5.; Stefano della Bella." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1980-sl-2.229/1980_2.229.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.