Allegory of Fame and History, from The Roman Heroes
A winged figure of Fame blows two trumpets above a ruined landscape, while a seated woman with a pen and a book sits beside a skull and an inscribed tomb. A small dog and a bird appear nearby, and Latin verses fill the lower margin of this engraving.
- Artist
- Hendrick Goltzius
- Date
- 1586
- Medium
- Engraving on ivory laid paper
- Source
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Size
- 1686 × 2684 px
Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1586).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Charles Hack and the Hearn Family Trust Collection, purchased with funds provided by the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial, Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston, anonymous, and Suzanne Searle Dixon endowment funds
