The Triumph of Death on Time, from The Triumph of Petrarch — Georg Pencz | DiscoverArt

The Triumph of Death on Time, from The Triumph of Petrarch

Engraving

14.9 × 21 cm (5.9 × 8.3 in)

SEE IT IN PERSON

In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York — check current display status with the museum.

View at metmuseum.org ↗︎Plan a visit ↗︎

Discover

Your feed Blog Museums & galleries Saved works

You

Account Community guidelines

DiscoverArt

A taste-graph discovery engine for art. Every work shown is a real object in a real museum — artwork images courtesy of their institutions’ open-access programs.

© Discover Art 2026Terms of Use Privacy Policy Cookie Policy

Discussion

Be the first to share your thoughts.

Sign in to join the discussion.

More by Georg Pencz

The Seige of Carthage

The Seige of Carthage

The Life of Jesus Christ: The Descent of the Holy Ghost

The Life of Jesus Christ: The Descent of the Holy Ghost

The Triumph of Death on Time, from The Triumph of Petrarch

The Triumph of Death on Time, from The Triumph of Petrarch

Tarquinius Rapes Lucretia, from Scenes from Roman History

Tarquinius Rapes Lucretia, from Scenes from Roman History

Suicide of Lucretia, from "Scenes from Roman History"

Suicide of Lucretia, from "Scenes from Roman History"

Christ Sleeping During the Storm on Lake Tiberias, from The Story of Christ

Christ Sleeping During the Storm on Lake Tiberias, from The

Portrait of John Frederick I, "The Magnanimous," Elector of Saxony

Portrait of John Frederick I, "The Magnanimous," Elector of

Suicide of Lucretia, from "Scenes from Roman History"

Suicide of Lucretia, from "Scenes from Roman History"

More like this

Old Age (Night) from The Four Ages of Man and Death with the Last Judgment

Hieronymus (Jerome) Wierix|Ambrosius Francken I — Old Age (N

The Knight, from the Dance of Death

Wenceslaus Hollar|Hans Holbein the Younger — The Knight, fro

The Martyrdom of St. Peter, plate 7 from "Les Tableaux de Rome, Les Eglises Jubilaires" (The Paintings of Rome, The Churches Jubilee)

Jacques Callot|Domenico Cresti Passignano — The Martyrdom of

The Vision of Ezekiel

Giorgio Ghisi|Giovanni Battista Bertano|Cristoforo Bianchi —

The Vision of Ezekiel; a group of corpses and skeletons emerging out of tombs, above them five winged putti holding a banderole

Giorgio Ghisi|Giovanni Battista Bertano — The Vision of Ezek

The Triumph of Death from The Triumphs of Petrarch

Dirck Volckertsz Coornhert — The Triumph of Death from The T

The Temptation of St. Anthony

Lucas van Doetecum|Johannes van Doetecum I|Hieronymus Bosch|

Couple and Death with a Drum, from The Dance of Death

Allaert Claesz. — Couple and Death with a Drum, from The Dan

The Vision of Ezekiel

Giorgio Ghisi|Giovanni Battista Bertano|Giovanni Giacomo De

Two Men at a Cemetery

Agostino Veneziano (Agostino dei Musi) — Two Men at a Cemete

Anger (Ira), from the series The Seven Deadly Sins

Pieter Bruegel the Elder|Pieter van der Heyden|Hieronymus Co

The Queen, from The Dance of Death

Hans Holbein the Younger|Hans Lützelburger — The Queen, from