Triumph of Death - Camposanto Pisa

Painted by Buonamico Buffalmacco1 between 1336 - 1341 this fresco in the Camposanto, Pisa2, depicts the Triumph of Death. This fresco is a variation on the Three Living and the Three Dead. On the right hand side of the painting rich men and women converse in a spring garden, one is playing music, another holds a hawk, and a small dog sits on the lap of another.3

At the top of the right hand side of the painting, one monk sits study a book, whilst others are tending animals and trees.

In the bottom left of the fresco the three riders confront their corpses, whilst a monk with a scroll points telling them that this is their fate as Death triumphs over all.

• 1. Vasari's Life of Buonamico Buffalmacco http://members.efn.org/~acd/vite/VasariBuffalmacco.html
• 2. Sacred Destinations http://www.sacred-destinations.com/italy/pisa-camposanto
• 3. Art in Tuscany http://www.travelingintuscany.com/art/buonamicobuffalmacco/camposantopis...