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LITERATURE
Ancient / Vergil / Aeneid / Book XII: Duel between Aeneas and Turnus / vv. 938-952: Aeneas sees that the wounded Turnus is wearing Pallas's baldric and kills him
Modern / Petrarca, Francesco / De remediis utriusque fortunae / Cycles / Petrarch Master, Augsburg, probably around 1520 (printed only later)
Modern / Petrarca, Francesco / De remediis utriusque fortunae / Unhappy fortune / cap. 121: Violent death
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Further details
The text mentions neither Stephen nor Turnus - the Stoning of Stephen is easily recognisable because of the Dalmatic he is wearing and God in the clouds, and Aeneas seems to be holding the baldric of Pallas mentioned in the Aeneis
Artist or creator
Date
1520 (circa)
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Book, text or document (source of image)
Petrarca, Francesco. Trostspiegel in Glück und Unglück. Frankfurt (Bringer). 1620. Page: 362.
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