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The Triumph of Death

The Triumph of Death

Object type Painting
Genre Allegory
Date 1597
Dimensions 119 x 164 cm
Support Canvas
Medium Oil
Signature BRUEGHEL. F. 1597
Our attribution Jan Brueghel the Elder
Other authorities Ertz 2008-10, #542
Ertz 1979, #44
Location Graz, Austria
Collection Alte Galerie des Steiermärkischen Landesmuseums Joanneum
Accession numbers inv. #58
Tags Battle, Death, Encyclopedic, Pieter Bruegel, Fire, Skeletons, Landscape
Ertz 1979, cat. #44, fig. 549
Corcoran 1993
Ertz 2008-10, cat. #542, pp. 1164-68
Brussels 1980, cat. #119
Essen 1997, cat. #14
1625 Antwerp In possession of Jan Brueghel at time of his death; offered for sale by his son for fl.1000
1653 Antwerp Probably collection of Jeremias Wildens
1713 Austria Eggenberg Collection: "Der Universaltool vom Prigl, wert 1000 fl."
1727 Germany Collection of Grafen Brandis, Marburg
1880 Purchased from Brandis Collection for 1000 fl.
E.A. Honig
June 14, 2012

In Denucé 1934, p.70, a letter from Jan Brueghel the Younger to Ch. van Immerseel in 1631 offering him paintings that were in possession of his father at the time of his death in 1625. At the very high price of fl.1000 he offers a Triumph of Death "dan dits melancolye ende graulijc maer is wonder fray."