Ultima fortuna?

Author

Bach-Nielsen, Carsten

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

Danish

Source

Iconographisk post. 1991, Num. 2, 23-36, 10 ill.

ISSN

0106-1348

Abstract (en)

On the iconography of Fortune in Baroque art. Draws parallels with images of Tyche, Hellenistic goddess of fortune who ruled the fates of both towns and individuals. Notes that the Baroque treatment of this concept of Fortune depended on a Renaissance iconographic model, in which a female figure stands on a sphere with a full sail over her head. As examples cites a pulpit canopy (1694), a woodcut (1779), and a coin (1873), all Danish. Also examines the role of Fortune in sepulchral art. Points to two Danish tomb epitaphs (1619 and 1626) where the Fortune image becomes a substitute for Christ or Ultima Fortuna and thus ambiguously Death. Cites other examples of Death as Ultima Fortuna: a drawing by Jean Cousin (1568), sepulchral monuments by Bernini (1630 and 1639), and a Sicilian gravestone, ca.1700.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1400-1800
• Iconography
• Renaissance
• Sources
• Baroque
• Comparison
• Hellenistic
• Fortune
• Death
• Art
• 1500-1900
• Sepulchral monuments
• Denmark
• Italy
• France
• Cousin, Jean, the younger, ca.1522-ca.1594
• Bernini, Gian Lorenzo, 1598-1680

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1400-1800
• Iconographie
• Renaissance
• Sources
• Baroque (art)
• Comparaison
• Hellénistique (art)
• Fortune
• Mort
• Art
• 1500-1900
• Monument funéraire
• Danemark
• Italie
• France
• Cousin, Jean, le Jeune, v.1522-v.1594
• Bernini, Gian Lorenzo, 1598-1680

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19920701-00426213

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