The Three Fates
Anonymous, Italian, North Italy, 16th century
1530–50 · Engraving · Drawings and Prints
Clotho spins the thread of life from her distaff onto her spindle, Lachesis measures the thread of life with her rod and Atropos cuts the thread of life. They are surrounded by figures that reflect different aspects of fate.
- Artist
- Anonymous, Italian, North Italy, 16th century
- Date
- 1530–50
- Medium
- Engraving
- Department
- Drawings and Prints
- Credit line
- The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund and Joseph McCrindle Fund, 2014