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Merchant and Death
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Merchant and Death

1650 · etching; paper

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

About this work

A merchant on the quay among bales and casks. Behind him, masts of ships are visible. Death seizes him.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
printboekillustratiepersonifications of Death'Morte' (Ripa)dance of Deathastrologer at work
Credit lineKoopman en de Dood. 1650. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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