An Allegory of Wealth
Adam Gutmann
1598
Medium
Pen and black ink, gray, brownish-green and pink washes
Dimensions
sheet: 8 x 6 in. (20.3 x 15.2 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harry G. Sperling Fund, 2007
Accession Number
2007.413
Tags
SkeletonsMenWomen
About the Artist
Adam Gutmann · 1567–1637
Adam Gutmann, a German artist born in Constance in 1567, spent much of his career active in Salzburg, where he died in 1637. Little is known about his early life or training, which remains sparsely documented, though records place him as a journeyman painter (Malergesellen) in Salzburg by 1597, receiving payments for work including wedding decorations. Described in historical sources as a "Faßmale...