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ID: 901000239
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000239
Record Type: Character/Person

Death (allegorical character)

Note: Allegorical figure representing death; for example, a skeleton with a scythe.

Names:
Death (allegorical character) (preferred,English-P,D,P)

Hierarchical Position:
Miscellaneous Topics (P)
....<Miscellaneous Allegory, Symbolism, Theme> (P)
........<Miscellaneous allegorical or symbolic characters> (P)
............Death (allegorical character) (I)
Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... allegory (artistic device)
.....(symbolism (artistic concept), artistic devices, artistic concepts, concepts in the arts and humanities, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
is personification of .... death
.....(personal life events, events (activities), Events (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Death (allegorical character)
................Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Source for image https://www.wikiart.org/en/juan-de-valdes-leal/allegory-of-death-in-ictu-oculi-1672

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