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Death - Mythology

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  • Five tombs containing skeletons of historical exemplars of wisdom, war, beauty, strength and riches; an allegory of change, decay and death. Engraving after A.P. van de Venne, ca. 1655.
  • A doctor, straddled by a skeleton, holds a full purse in his hands; signifying that he lives well off others' deaths. Coloured lithograph by G. Engelmann.
  • A withered tree bearing apples labelled with sins; representing the life of the base, 'natural' man. Etching, 1771, after J. Bakewell.
  • The ages of man represented as a step scheme. Reproduction of an engraving by C. Bertelli.
  • Aesculapius (representing medicine) routing death, Ceres (?) supplying milk to the starving. Drawing attributed to J.-C. Bordier du Bignon, 1822.
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Catalogue

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    A dying man surrounded by fantastic and mythological figures. Coloured etching.

    | Reference: 16062i
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    A crowned skeleton with three arrows. Etching, 1806.

    | Date: 1 September 1806 | Reference: 26261i
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    A withered tree bearing apples labelled with sins; representing the life of sin. Coloured lithograph, c. 1870, after J. Bakewell.

    Bakewell, J., active 1770. | Date: 1870 | Reference: 26799i
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    Five tombs containing skeletons of historical exemplars of wisdom, war, beauty, strength and riches; an allegory of change, decay and death. Engraving after A.P. van de Venne, ca. 1655.

    Venne, Adriaen Pietersz. van de, 1589-1662. | Date: 1655 | Reference: 26260i
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    A doctor, straddled by a skeleton, holds a full purse in his hands; signifying that he lives well off others' deaths. Coloured engraving.

    | Reference: 16058i
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