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Punishment of Death
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Punishment of Death

1650 · etching; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

A procession of citizens before a gate. To the front right, Death as a skeleton sits with a bell and a scythe; a rooster crows above his head.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
printboekillustratiepersonifications of Death'Morte' (Ripa)dance of Death
Credit lineDodenstraf. 1650. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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