Fame triumphs over Death from Petrarch's Triumphs, 1500

Fame triumphs over Death. A winged goddess with crown and golden trumpet brings the captive cadaver of Death on her chariot. In French costume of the late 15th century. La Renommee Triomphe de la Mort. Taken from an illustrated manuscript of Petrarch's Triumphs, Les Triomphes, anc. F.F. MS 7079 R (Folio 179r, Francais 594), Bibliotheque Imperiale. Chromolithograph by Giare after an illustration by Claudius Joseph Ciappori from Charles Louandre's Les Arts Somptuaires, The Sumptuary Arts, Hangard-Mauge, Paris, 1858

15th Century Bibliotheque Imperiale Cadaver Chariot Charles Louandre Claudius Joseph Ciappori French Costume Giare Hangard-mauge Les Arts Somptuaires Petrarch The Sumptuary Arts Triumphs

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