Allegory of Death and Fame Rectangle Canvas Wrap Holiday Decorations in which the enraptured Hylas

in which the enraptured Hylas is abducted by Naiads (female water nymphs) while seeking drinking water

Measures 19"x28"

Made of durable metal and enamel

The scene is set on the banks of the River Acheron — known in mythology as the river of woe

Allegory of Death and Fame Rectangle Canvas Wrap Holiday Decorations in which the enraptured HylasSkeletons, also known as Allegory of Death and Fame (1518) by Agostino Veneziano (Italian, 1490 1540) Although for centuries scholars have attempted to understand the allegorical meaning of this print, 16th century artist and author Giorgio Vasari described it simply as "an anatomy of desiccated bodies and of bones of the dead." A central figure of winged Death stands over an interred skeleton, surrounded by a variety of skeletal and living human