An allegorical composition relating to mortality(?), the three Fates surround a dying man (the artist's brother)
Francisco Vieira 'Lusitano'
ca. 1714–1720
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 15 3/8 × 15 3/16 in. (39 × 38.5 cm) Plate: 14 7/8 × 14 9/16 in. (37.8 × 37 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, by exchange, 1969
Accession Number
69.669.5
About the Artist
Francisco Vieira 'Lusitano' · 1699–1783
Francisco Vieira de Matos, known as Vieira Lusitano (1699–1783), was one of Portugal's foremost Baroque painters, illustrators, and engravers, renowned for his work as historical painter to the Portuguese royal court. Born in Lisbon on October 4, 1699, he was the third son of Francisco Vieira de Matos, a hosiery manufacturer, and Antónia Maria. Though his family initially groomed him for the clerg...