# Vanity, Modesty and Death

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## Artwork

- Artist: [STRADANUS, Johannes](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/stradanus-johannes-rba546bcb14497e>)
- Date: 1551-1600
- Technique: Oil on wood, 139 x 103 cm

## Commentary

This allegory displays the painter&#39;s thorough assimilation of Mannerist history painting and notably that of Vasari.

## Related artworks

- [An Alchemist&#39;s Laboratory \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/stradanus-johannes-rba546bcb14497e/an-alchemists-laboratory-detail-r6b8fb8583c96f5>)
- [An Alchemist&#39;s Laboratory \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/stradanus-johannes-rba546bcb14497e/an-alchemists-laboratory-detail-rbabd42efc68910>)
- [An Alchemist&#39;s Laboratory](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/stradanus-johannes-rba546bcb14497e/an-alchemists-laboratory-rc0bb4a90987dcd>)
- [Esther Receiving the Crown from Ahasuerus](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/stradanus-johannes-rba546bcb14497e/esther-receiving-the-crown-from-ahasuerus-rfde38a27423e20>)
- [Night assault on a city \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/stradanus-johannes-rba546bcb14497e/night-assault-on-a-city-detail-rcc5cbe84900f42>)
- [Night assault on a city](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/stradanus-johannes-rba546bcb14497e/night-assault-on-a-city-r7ad1689244187e>)
- [Reeling of the Silk](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/stradanus-johannes-rba546bcb14497e/reeling-of-the-silk-rbdac8083c84f39>)
- [Silkworm Farm \(1\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/stradanus-johannes-rba546bcb14497e/silkworm-farm-1-r3685895f2ca9aa>)
- [Silkworm Farm \(2\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/stradanus-johannes-rba546bcb14497e/silkworm-farm-2-r75c0fdca7c6312>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)