Allegory of Death

A skeletal figure in a dark hooded cloak looms over a pale woman in blue who rests her head against it, while a scythe rises at left. Below, bodies lie tangled on the ground amid pale, swirling mist. The drawing uses pen, brown ink, and watercolor washes with white highlights on cream paper.

Artist

Clement Auguste Andrieux

Date

c. 1860

Medium

Pen and brown ink with black fabricated chalk, opaque and transparent watercolors, touches of lead white and white chalk, and traces of red

Source

Art Institute of Chicago

Size

1686 × 2035 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Through prior gift of Ellen N. LaMotte