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The Victory of Painting over Death
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
The art of painting is personified by an artist seated at her easel. The band covering her mouth underscores the silence required for the act of creation. Without looking up from her work, she tramples Time with his fallen scythe and Death, whose snapped arrow cannot harm her. The message here is clear: art is eternal, life is not.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineDe overwinning van de Schilderkunst op de Dood. 1660 - c. 1687. Gesina ter Borch. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
