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Triumph of Death
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Death, in the guise of a skeleton with a scythe, sits on a chariot decorated with skulls. The spokes of the wheels consist of bones. Under the chariot of Death, everyone he encounters is crushed: clergymen, kings, generals and children. In the background can be seen what all the dead ultimately await: on the left a burning hell and on the right the rising sun of paradise. Below the image is an explanatory text in Latin. This print is part of an album.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineTriomf van de dood. 1563 - 1567. Philips Galle. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.