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The dance of death: Death and the abbess and Death and a lady. Woodcut with letterpress.
Reference: 33861i
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A family sees the reflection of Death in a mirror. Etching.
Reference: 35665i
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The aristocrat and Death. Etching.
Reference: 35857i
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An elderly man taunted by a skeleton, as he sits and ponders in a vanitas conceit. Woodcut by Tobias Stimmer, 1580.
Tobias StimmerDate: [1580]Reference: 37427i
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A military procession of mercenary soldiers, followed by a winged figure of Death on horseback who is accompanied by two skeletal accomplices. Etching by Johann Theodor de Bry after Erhard Schön.
Erhard SchönReference: 33770i
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A young artist in his studio contemplating a skull. Etching, 1815.
Bartolomeo PinelliDate: 1815Reference: 36553i
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Six people seated at an outdoor table are approached by Death, a young woman holding a skull, and a winged putto. Etching.
Reference: 33726i
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The three living and the three dead. Collotype after the Master of the Housebook, 1488-1505.
Master of the Housebook.Reference: 33685i
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Death approaches a woman in a domestic setting. Aquatint.
Reference: 36587i
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A skeleton and a devil flank a coat of arms. Etching, 1807.
Reader, E. F. Strallon.Date: March 10. 1807Reference: 36513i
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Death and the glutton. Coloured aquatint.
Reference: 36589i
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A winged figure of Death stands in front of a prostrate skeleton and tears out the pages of a book while a crowd of people watch him. Etching by Marco Dente (Marco da Ravenna) after Baccio Bandinelli.
Baccio BandinelliReference: 33733i
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A man of a hundred years is Death's target. Etching.
Reference: 34885i
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A woman shown half as clothed human being and half as skeleton. Coloured etching, 17--.
Robert DightonDate: [between 1700 and 1799]Reference: 35838i
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Four heads representing the souls of people who have given different degrees of attention to spiritual matters. Engraving after R. Sadeler.
Date: 1600-1699Reference: 34731i
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Jonah holding a skull. Etching.
Reference: 35644i
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A fatal fight between two men is caused by a game of cards. Etching by Jan Lievens. Etching.
Jan LievensReference: 34755i
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A cartouche including symbols of death and a funerary procession. Woodcut.
Reference: 35807i
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A monument teaching mortality, including figures and symbols alluding to death. Etching by or after G. Fortuna.
Fortuna, Giovanni, 1535-1611.Reference: 33803i
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A skull with a timepiece and flowers Etching by William Faithorne, 16--, after Philippe de Champaigne.
Philippe de ChampaigneDate: [between 1654? and 1662?]Reference: 34827i
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Death stands armed with spear and hourglass. Etching by H.H. (Hendrik Hondius I).
Hendrik Hondius IDate: [between 1600 and 1699]Reference: 34696i
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Simon Pauli. Line engraving by A. Frölich.
Date: 1660Reference: 7725i
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A man and a woman are counting their money with Death watching, armed with hourglass and scythe. Mezzotint by I. Meheux.
Meheux, Jacques.Reference: 34902i
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Death pays a visit to a baron. Lithograph by Langlumé after Jean Grandville.
Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard GrandvilleReference: 36606i
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Two ladies contemplate a tombstone. Mezzotint, 1803.
Date: Dec.r 1st. 1803Reference: 36494i