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Kunstsammlung der Georg-August-Universität Göttingen | Foto: Katharina Anna Haase
Jacob Matham
The Three Fates, 1587
About the object
The circular form of the composition is hardly a coincidental choice: the circle has no beginning and no end, like the work of the three sisters. Lachesis embodies middle age and measures the length of life, while Atropos cuts the thread with scissors and thus ends life.