Description: THE FATES Artist: FROM THE ORIGINAL PAINTING BY MICHAEL ANGELO (ETCHED BY H. FORMSTECHER) CLICK HERE TO SEE MORE 19th CENTURY CLASSICAL ART PRINTS LIKE THIS ONE!! PRINT DATE: This etching was printed in 1888; it is not a modern reproduction in any way. PRINT SIZE: Overall print size is a large 10 1/2 x 16 inches, image size is 8 1/4 by 10 5/8 inches. PRINT CONDITION: Condition is excellent. Bright and clean. Blank on reverse. Paper is very thick quality woven rag stock paper. SHIPPING: Buyer to pay shipping, domestic orders receive priority mail, international orders receive regular air mail unless otherwise asked for. We take a variety of payment options. Full payment details will be in our email to you after auction close. We pack properly to protect your item! DESCRIPTION OF PRINT SUBJECT: Although this painting has been classed by some authorities as one of the doubtful paintings attributed to Michael Angelo, yet the majority of the best critics have decided that it is his individual work. It is one of the grandest illustrations of the poetic imagination of ancient mythology. The Parcae, or Goddesses of Fate or Destiny, who assigned to every one his part or lot, according to the ancient Roman mythology, were similar to the Greek Moira, only differing in this, that the Roman Parcae demanded three, whilst the Greek Moira is in the singular, and is represented by one. With the Romans they were deities; with the Greeks it was a poetical personification. Homer, however, the most ancient of the Greek writers, speaks of them as three, although only once, in his " Iliad;" but he frequently speaks of Fate in the singular. Hesiod, however, who is almost contemporary with Homer, speaks of the three Fates frequently, whom he calls daughters of Night,—Clotho, the spinner of the thread of Life; Lachesis, who determines the lot of Life, and Atropos, the inevitable. They are variously represented, sometimes as young women of serious aspect: Clotho with a spindle, Lachesis pointing with a staff to the horoscope of man, .and Atropos with a pair of scales or an instrument to cut the thread of life. In the oldest representations, and from which Michael Angelo has chosen to select his method, they appear as matrons with staffs or sceptres. The figure to the right is Clotho, the spinner, of the web; Lachesis, the central figure, with her look more of sympathy for humanity than either of her weird sisters, determines the lot of man, and Atropos, shears in hand, looks all that her name implies, the inevitable. Surely the grandeur of the mythology of the ancient Greeks and Romans makes the theology of the present day appear very tame indeed. Michael Angelo Buonarotti, poet, painter, sculptor and architect, was born at Chiusi in 1474) and died at Rome in 1564. He painted in fresco the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, and was the favorite artist of three Popes:—Leo X, Paul III and Julius III. After having established a firstclass reputation as a painter and sculptor, at the age of forty he turned his talents to architecture, and constructed one of the grandest examples of that art:—the cupola of St. Peter's, Rome. His commanding genius has never been contested; all place him in the first rank as painter, sculptor and architect. He was a man of a remarkably noble character and versatile genius, and the author of poems and sonnets. AN EXTREMELY RARE PRINT ! VERY VERY HARD TO FIND!
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Location: New Providence, New Jersey
End Time: 2025-01-24T14:21:56.000Z
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Material: Photogravure
Date of Creation: 1800-1899
Subject: Mythology
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Type: Print
