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Child being held back by Death stretches her arms out towards her mother
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Child being held back by Death stretches her arms out towards her mother

William Strang · 1892 · etching; paper

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

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On a country road Death as a skeleton in a robe, scythe in the left hand. Beside him stands a child who stretches out her arms to a peasant woman who sits kneeling before them. Behind her lies a barrel on the path. In the background a peasant house.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
printDeath as skeleton
Credit lineKind dat wordt tegengehouden door de Dood strekt haar armen uit naar haar moeder. 1892. William Strang. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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