The Three Fates, Costume Designs
c. 1534
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
25.5 × 42.6 cm
Classification
Department
Prints
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland
Accession Number
1984.71
Rights
Public Domain
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About this artwork
This engraving reproduces a trio of costume designs by Rosso Fiorentino. They were likely meant for a masquerade ball held at the court of King Francis I. Each figure represents one of the Three Fates, the female deities in Greek and Roman religion who controlled human destiny, often symbolized by cloth or thread—to indicate the spinning of human life. Here we see them holding (from left to right) wool, thread, and flax. Pierre Milan made a number of prints after the designs of Rosso Fiorentino....
About the Artist
Pierre Milan (French)
Georges Hugnet (1906–1974) was a multifaceted French artist, poet, writer, and critic whose innovative collages and graphic works bridged Dada and Surrealism. Born in Paris on July 11, 1906, he spent much of his early childhood in Buenos Aires, Argentina, returning to France around 1913. His early life and artistic training remain sparsely documented, with no records of formal art school attendanc...