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Date
[late 17th or early 18th century]
Location
[Amsterdam]
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Media format
Image
Extent
1 print
Language
Dutch
Size
platemark 251 x 174 mm
Genre
Art
Reference IDs
Hollstein, F.W.H. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings, and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700: vol. XXV, p. 313, no. 2033
Folger bibliographic ID: 254991
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Folger holdings ID: 335184
Folger bibliographic ID: 254991
Folger call number: Use item's call number to search Digital Image Collection (direct link to come)
Folger holdings ID: 335184
Summary
Lachesis, one of the three fates. She is dressed in late 17th century garb, seated, pulling the thread of life from a spindle and winding it onto her measuring rod (which she uses to measure the length of life allotted to a person)
Notes
General notes
Two columns of verse inscribed in plate beneath image, one in Dutch and one in French Also available as a digital reproduction
Also known as
Alternate titles: Three Fates
Subjects
Related names
publisher: Schenk, Peter, 1660-1718 or 1719