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Death tramples on three female allegorical figures representing sensual pleasures. Pen and ink drawing, ca. 1700.
Date: 1700Reference: 35669i
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An architectural composition resembling an altar on which a skeleton lies, cherubs fly above. Engraving.
Reference: 34810i
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A skeleton with snakes and rats. Etching by C. Grignion, 1821.
Date: 12th. March, 1821Reference: 35745i
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A winged and crowned figure of Death writes on a plaque. Watercolour.
Reference: 35736i
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A man embraces a female figure holding an anchor who is standing on a sack filled with money while Death enters the room. Etching.
Reference: 34639i
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Death flanked by two men in fashionable dress. Pen and ink drawing.
Reference: 35687i
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Men and women inspect the open grave of Venus. Etching.
Reference: 34915i
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A coat of arms, depicting a skull, is flanked by a man and a woman. Lithograph after a woodcut.
Reference: 33715i
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Two men in the presence of death hold a dialogue with God. Etching by John Lightbody.
Lightbody, John.Reference: 35757i
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King Richard II as described by William Shakespeare. Drawing after J.H. Mortimer.
Reference: 35881i
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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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The aristocrat and Death. Etching.
Reference: 35857i
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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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A fatal fight between two men is caused by a game of cards. Etching by Jan Lievens. Etching.
Lievens, Jan, 1607-1674.Reference: 34755i
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A skull with a timepiece and flowers Etching by William Faithorne, 16--, after Philippe de Champaigne.
Champaigne, Philippe de, 1602-1674.Date: [between 1654? and 1662?]Reference: 34827i
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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.
Grandville, J. J., 1803-1847.Reference: 36606i
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Four figures contemplate the inscription on a tomb in Arcadia. Etching by Etienne Picart after Nicolas Poussin, 1653.
Poussin, Nicolas, 1594?-1665.Reference: 34797i
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Saladin proclaims that he will only take his shirt to his grave. Engraving by John Payne, 1639.
Payne, John, -1647?Date: 1639Reference: 35711i
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A winged figure of Death stands on top of a selection of worldly goods and holds an hourglass and a scythe. Mezzotint.
Reference: 35800i
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Two mercenary soldiers approach a seated prostitute while Death sits in a tree, pointing to an hourglass. Etching after Urs Graf, 1524.
Graf, Urs, approximately 1485-approximately 1527.Date: 1524Reference: 33730i
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Death and the lady. Etching.
Reference: 33721i
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Death knocks at the doors of both the poor and the rich. Pen and ink drawing.
Reference: 35730i
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A boy seated next to an altar dedicated to Death leans on a skull. Etching by Petrus de Jode.
Reference: 34583i
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Mars lies in his monumental tomb and is surrounded by soldiers. Etching.
Reference: 34927i