Triumph of Death | Trionfi | Petrarch

Death enthroned on a triumphal chariot — robed, skeletal, scythe in hand, riding in procession over the fallen. The king with his crown, the hero with his laurels, the winged messenger of the gods: all brought low beneath the wheels. In the Petrarchan tradition of the Trionfi, Death rides in triumph over every force that preceded it — Love, Fame, and Time. Not a skeleton but a sovereign. Not a hunter but a ruler. There is a difference. WS Original. Catalog No. 9601.